ATTORNEY-GENERAL

Departmental Pensions

Steven Baker: To ask the Attorney-General what proportion of the budgets of the Law Officers' Departments he expects to be spent on staff pensions in each of the next five years.

Edward Garnier: Pensions for staff in the Law Officers' Departments are provided through the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS), which is a central arrangement covering Civil Service Departments.
	In 2010-11 approximately 8.8% of total operating costs for the Treasury Solicitor's Department, Attorney-General's Office and Her Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate were attributable to pension payments. For future planning purposes, it is currently assumed that the proportion of permanent staff costs attributable to pensions will remain the same, although it is recognised that an increase in staff pension contributions is under consideration.
	As a proportion of the Crown Prosecution Service budget, payments to the PCSPS for the four years to 2014-15 are estimated to be around 8% per year.
	As a proportion of the Serious Fraud Office budget, payments to the PCSPS for the four years to 2014-15 are estimated to be between 5% to 6% per year.
	It is not possible to provide a comparable figure for periods beyond this as the departmental budgets are set for four years (to 2014-15) only. The budgets for the subsequent period will be set as part of the next spending review.

DEFENCE

Armed Forces: Deployment

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armed forces personnel are deployed in (a) India, (b) China, (c) the US, (d) Russia, (e) France and (f) Germany; and at what cost to his Department in the most recent period for which figures are available.

Nick Harvey: This information is contained in Tri Service Publication 10, UK Regular Forces Stationed Location (TSP 10); A copy has been placed in the Library of the House. Copies of TSP 10 are also available at:
	http://www.dasa.mod.uk/applications/newWeb/www/index.php?page=48&thiscontent=100&pubType=0&date =2011-02-10&disText=01%20Jan%202011&from=historic &topDate=2011-02-10&PublishTime=09:30:00
	Figures for 1 April 2011 should be available on the website by 12 May 2011 as per the quarterly update of the publication.
	The costs for these personnel are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Armed Forces: Recruitment

Tessa Munt: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has spent on advertising campaigns in each form of media to recruit service personnel in each month since the date of the strategic defence and security review.

Andrew Robathan: The information requested is presented in the following table:
	
		
			 £ 
			  Digital TV and   v  ideo on   d  emand Radio Cinema 
			 October 2010 — — — — 
			 November 2010 140,000 — — — 
			 December 2010 100,000 — — 61,000 
			 January 2011 281,000 704,000 — 122,000 
			 February 2011 356,000 252,500 — 182,000 
			 March 2011 (1)675,000 777,000 331,000 61,000 
			 April 2011 — 848,000 100,000 — 
			 (1) This includes some £475,000 spent on the RN recruitment campaign spread over March and April 2011 but which has been placed against March 2011 as it cannot readily be split. 
		
	
	The armed forces depend on high-quality young people wanting to join the services for rewarding and exciting careers. Despite the reduction in the overall numbers of service personnel, the armed forces are still recruiting and training to replace those personnel who leave the services at the end of their contracts.

France: Military Alliances

Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the (a) practicability, (b) desirability, (c) cost-effectiveness and (d) effect on Anglo-American military relations of the creation of a joint Anglo-French nuclear deterrent.

Liam Fox: holding answer 5 May 2011
	The UK's independent nuclear deterrent is the ultimate guarantee of our national security. We do not think that a joint UK-France nuclear deterrent would be feasible or desirable and it has not been considered.
	We continue to enjoy excellent co-operation with the US and France on nuclear issues, including, in the case of France, under the treaty signed on 2 November 2010. I discussed these and other issues with my French counterpart on 9 May.

HMS Albion

Alison Seabeck: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  what the running cost of HMS Albion was in each of the last five years;
	(2)  what arrangements are in place for the reactivation at short notice of HMS Albion once it has been placed in extended readiness; and if he will estimate the cost of any such reactivation;
	(3)  what plans he has to place HMS Albion into extended readiness; and if he will estimate the running cost in its first year in extended readiness.

Nick Harvey: The information requested in respect of the running cost of HMS Albion is provided in the following table:
	
		
			 Financial year £ million 
			 2010-11 20.958 
			 2009-10 22.255 
			 2008-09 38.659 
			 2007-08 17.711 
		
	
	These costs include: maintenance, ships manpower, general stores, minor equipment stores; port visits; satellite communications and fuel. Financial data prior to financial year 2007-08 is not available.
	As the Secretary of State for Defence, my right hon. Friend the Member for North Somerset (Dr Fox), announced in the House on 15 December 2010, Official Report, column 102WS, following the strategic defence and security review, one of our two Landing Platforms Docks will in future be placed at extended readiness while the other is held at high readiness for operations. Our current plan is that HMS Albion will be placed at extended readiness later this year. It will cost approximately £2.5 million to place her into extended readiness and running costs while in extended readiness are estimated to be £300,000 per annum.
	We have no plans to reactivate HMS Albion early and therefore no estimation has been made of the cost of such reactivation.

HMS Liverpool

Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what contribution HMS Liverpool has made to Operation Ellamy; and if he will make a statement.

Nick Harvey: holding answer 10 May 2011
	HMS Liverpool has been operating as part of the NATO Operation Unified Protector, which is implementing the UN Security Council Resolutions 1970 and 1973. HMS Liverpool has been taking part in operations aimed at protecting civilians and civilian populated areas in Libya and assisting with the enforcement of the UN arms embargo.

HMS Ocean

Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has for the future of HMS Ocean after HMS Illustrious returns to service.

Nick Harvey: On current plans, HMS Ocean will be placed at low readiness in 2012 once HMS Illustrious has been returned to a fully operational state. She will then enter a period of refit before returning to high readiness in 2014 when HMS Illustrious will be finally withdrawn from service.

Libya: Armed Conflict

Heidi Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the average weekly cost of the contribution of each of the armed forces to military operations in Libya has been since the commencement of operations.

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  how much his Department has spent on average on each day of operations over Libya;
	(2)  what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of his Department's contribution towards the no-fly zone in Libya.

Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of military operations in Libya since March 2011; what proportion of such expenditure has been allocated to (a) NATO and (b) UK operations; and from which of his Department's budgets such expenditure has been drawn.

Liam Fox: It is too early to give a robust estimate of the costs of the operations in Libya, but we expect they should be modest compared with other operations such as Afghanistan. As the Chancellor of the Exchequer has made clear the additional costs of operations in Libya will be fully met from the reserve.

Navy: Redundancy

Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether any members of the ships' companies of (a) HMS Albion, (b) HMS Ocean and (c) HMS Liverpool are to be made redundant following their return from UK operations in the Mediterranean and the middle east.

Andrew Robathan: HMS Liverpool is on operations. HMS Albion and HMS Ocean are currently not on operations but on a training exercise.
	If any members of the ships' companies meet the criteria for redundancy, as published on 4 April 2011, they would be eligible for selection. If selected they will be notified on 30 September 2011.

Strategic Defence and Security Review

Bob Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will re-open the strategic defence and security review in response to recent developments in North Africa and the Middle East.

Liam Fox: holding answer 5 May 2011
	I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave on 8 March 2011, Official Report, column 949W, to the hon. Member for Wyre and Preston North (Mr Wallace).

Syria: Iran

David Morris: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what reports he has received on the activities of Iranian troops in Syria.

Liam Fox: None.

Trident

Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  what reports he has received on the role of (a) the British American Security Information Council, (b) the Ploughshares Fund and (c) the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in promoting opposition to the continuation of the UK's independent nuclear deterrent; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  what assessment he has made of the aims of (a) the British American Security Information Council, (b) the Ploughshares Fund and (c) the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in the sponsoring of a Trident Commission; and what influence he expects the conclusions of that commission to have on Government policy.

Liam Fox: holding answer 5 May 2011
	The Trident Commission, established by the British American Security Information Council, is only the most recent of a number of NGO-sponsored studies into this important issue. As with the others, the Government will look at its findings when they are published.

Trident

Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the (a) consequences of and (b) risks entailed by any move away from the policy of continuous at-sea nuclear deterrence; and if he will make a statement.

Liam Fox: holding answer 5 May 2011
	I refer the hon. Member to the statement made by the Prime Minister on 19 October 2010, Official Report, column 801, and to my own, more recent remarks on 14 March 2011, Official Report, column 9.

Trident

Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the Government's policy is on the (a) retention and (b) full replacement of the Trident independent nuclear deterrent.

Liam Fox: holding answer 5 May 2011
	The Government have made clear in both the coalition agreement and the strategic defence and security review (SDSR) that they are committed to maintaining and renewing the UK's independent nuclear deterrent. The SDSR made it clear that this is intended to be through the continuity of a submarine-based ballistic missile system. As set out in the coalition agreement the Liberal Democrats will continue to make the case for alternatives.

TRANSPORT

Cycling

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which bodies will be responsible for the work undertaken by Cycling England following its closure; and if he will make a statement.

Norman Baker: Cycling England ceased to exist after 31 March 2011 and the promotion of cycling now falls to the Department for Transport and local authorities. I refer my hon. Friend to my answer of 14 March 2011, Official Report, column 98W, for further information.

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Working Hours

Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many drivers' hours offences were detected in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010; and what proportion of such offences were committed by drivers of foreign registered heavy goods vehicles.

Michael Penning: In 2008, the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency issued 19,284 prohibitions to heavy goods vehicles for drivers' hours offences (51% to drivers of foreign registered heavy goods vehicles). In 2009 this dropped slightly to 19,186 (58% to drivers of foreign registered heavy goods vehicles). In 2010 this rose again to 22,358 (52% to drivers of foreign registered heavy goods vehicles).

Roads: Accidents

Anna Soubry: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people were (a) killed and (b) injured as a result of road accidents in which a blind spot of a vehicle was found to be the primary cause in each of the last five years.

Michael Penning: It is not possible to identify accidents where the blind spot of a vehicle caused an accident.
	However, the following table shows, for accidents where “vehicle blind spot” was a reported contributory factor, the number of casualties who were (a) killed and (b) injured in each of the last five years:
	
		
			 Casualties 
			  (a) Killed (b) Injured 
			 2005 22 2,079 
			 2006 25 2,102 
			 2007 27 2,079 
			 2008 25 1,908 
			 2009 22 2,081 
			 Note: Includes only accidents where a police officer attended the scene and in which a contributory factor was reported.

Roads: Accidents

Anna Soubry: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to reduce the number of road deaths and injuries attributable to vehicle blind spots.

Michael Penning: European legislation came into effect in January 2007 requiring all new goods vehicles above 3.5 tonnes gross mass to be fitted with an enhanced “wide-angle” mirror on both sides and an enhanced “close proximity” mirror on the passenger side of the cab. For new vehicles over 7.5 tonnes gross mass a “front” mirror above the windscreen is also required. Vehicles where the “close proximity” and “front” mirrors cannot be fitted over 2 metres from the ground are exempt.
	Further European legislation came into effect in March 2009 that requires existing goods vehicles above 3.5 tonnes gross mass first registered from January 2000, to be retro-fitted with improved mirrors on the passenger side, to provide a similar field of view to that required for new vehicles. This measure applies to all member states of the EU.
	The Department for Transport is completing research investigating whether more could be done to reduce vehicle blind spots. This may lead to further requirements for new vehicles in the future.

Roads: Accidents

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of drivers involved in (a) fatal accidents and (b) serious non-fatal accidents did not have (i) valid motor insurance and (ii) a valid MOT test certificate in each of the last three years.

Nick de Bois: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road traffic accidents involving drivers who did not have motoring insurance resulted in fatalities in the last three years.

Michael Penning: The information requested is not held by the Department for Transport. However, the Motor Insurance Bureau (MIB) made a press release on 22 July 2010 in which they state:
	“There are 23,000 people injured and 160 killed every year by uninsured drivers”.

Roads: Accidents

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health on any potential effect on the number of casualties requiring treatment of his proposed changes to (a) speed limit enforcement and (b) regulations relating to the MOT vehicle test.

Michael Penning: I am not introducing changes to speed limit enforcement. These are matters for local police forces.
	I expect to make an announcement soon about the timing and scope of the MOT test review. The scope will include, but not be limited to, a review of MOT test frequency. I have no preconceptions about the outcome of a review; the aim will be to strike the right balance between vehicle safety and the burden imposed on motorists by MOT test requirements. There will be an opportunity for anyone with an interest to contribute to the debate.

Roads: Accidents

Nick de Bois: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport 
	(1)  how many road traffic accidents involving drivers who did not have a driving licence in the last three years involved drivers who had already been convicted of a motoring offence;
	(2)  how many road traffic accidents involving drivers who did not have a driving licence there were in the last three years;
	(3)  how many road traffic accidents involving drivers who did not have a valid motoring insurance in the last three years involved drivers who had already been convicted of a motoring offence;
	(4)  how many road traffic accidents involving drivers who did not have a driving licence resulted in fatalities in the last three years;
	(5)  how many road traffic accidents involving drivers who did not have valid motor insurance there were in the last three years.

Michael Penning: holding answer 4 May 2011
	The information requested is not held by the Department for Transport. However, the Motor Insurance Bureau (MIB) made a press release on the 22 July, 2010 in which they state:
	“There are 23,000 people injured and 160 killed every year by uninsured drivers”.

Roads: Accidents

David Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road traffic accidents were reported on (a) the A2 in Bexley borough, (b) the A20 in Bexley borough, (c) Brampton Road, Bexleyheath, (d) Okehampton Crescent, Welling, (e) Gravel Hill, Bexley, (f) Upper Wickham Lane, Welling, (g) Knee Hill, Abbey Wood, (h) Park View Road, Bexleyheath, (i) Broadway, Bexleyheath, (j) Avenue Road, Bexleyheath, (k) Pickford Lane, Bexleyheath, (l) Long Lane, Bexleyheath, (m) Colyers Lane, Erith, (n) Thames Road, Crayford, (o) North End Road, Erith and (p) Erith Road, Bexleyheath in (i) 2009 and (ii) 2010.

Michael Penning: The information requested is given in the following table covering reported personal injury road accidents only. Data from 2010 will be available in late June 2011.
	
		
			 Reported personal injury road accidents on selected roads: 2009 
			  Road name Number of accidents 
			 (a) A2 in Bexley Borough 23 
			 (b) A20 in Bexley Borough 17 
			 (c) Brampton Road, Bexleyheath 9 
			 (d) Okehampton Crescent, Welling 2 
			 (e) Gravel Hill, Bexley 2 
			 (f) Upper Wickham Lane, Welling 13 
			 (g) Knee Hill, Abbey Wood 7 
			 (h) Park View Road, Bexleyheath 7 
			 (i) Broadway, Bexleyheath 14 
			 (j), (k) Avenue Road and Pickford Lane, Bexleyheath(1) 10 
			 (l) Long Lane, Bexleyheath 3 
			 (m) Colyers Lane, Erith 9 
			 (n) Thames Road, Crayford 10 
			 (o) North End Road, Erith 8 
			 (p) Erith Road, Bexleyheath 14 
			 (1) It is not possible to distinguish between Avenue Road and Pickford Lane Source: Transport for London

Roads: Finance

Ian Austin: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport of 30 March 2011, Official Report, column 144WH, on motor sport (public highways), what his most recent estimate is of the proportion of public funds spent on roads that is raised from general taxation.

Danny Alexander: I have been asked to reply.
	Funding for roads comes from a number of different sources not just general taxation. As well as funding from the Treasury raised from taxation, the DfT has a number of income streams such as from tolls and the European Union. The DfT does not attribute specific revenue streams to the Highways Agency. Similarly local authorities have a number of revenue streams and it is not possible to say which of these they use to fund their road networks alongside the funding they receive from central Government.
	Public Expenditure Statistics and Analysis sets out how much is spent on national and local roads:
	http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/pesa_2010_chapter5.pdf

Roads: Safety

Jim Fitzpatrick: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent progress his Department has made in developing a new road safety framework; and when he expects that framework to be published.

Michael Penning: The Department has today published its Strategic Framework for Road Safety.

Roads: Safety

Jim Fitzpatrick: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what measures his Department plans to use to assess performance against its road safety strategy.

Michael Penning: The Department has today published a Road Safety Outcomes Framework, as a part of its Strategic Framework for Road Safety, that it will use to assess progress in this area.

Roads: Safety

Jim Fitzpatrick: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department plans to set targets for reductions in deaths and serious injuries from road crashes following the expiry of the Road Safety Strategy in 2010; and if he will make a statement.

Michael Penning: The Government's approach to road safety is set out in the Strategic Framework for Road Safety, published today.

Speed Limits

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions (a) he and (b) his Ministerial colleagues had with representatives of (i) road safety and (ii) other organisations before issuing the new police framework for dealing with drivers exceeding speed limits.

Michael Penning: I have not issued or developed the new police framework for dealing with drivers exceeding speed limits. The advice to police forces about the use of education as an alternative to prosecution in some cases has been developed and issued by the Association of Chief Police Officers.

Transport for London: Finance

Zac Goldsmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress has been made by the Independent Investment Programme Advisory Group in assessing the economy and efficiency of Transport for London's investment programme.

Theresa Villiers: The Independent Investment Programme Advisory Group (IIPAG) began its work in May 2010 and its remit was expanded as part of the recent spending review in October 2010. The IIPAG plans to report on and publish the overall findings of its first year's work this summer. This will include the first full results from its newly-acquired benchmarking role.

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS

Human Rights: Export Controls

John Cryer: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the consideration given to human rights concerns in the processing of applications for export control licences.

Alistair Burt: Human Rights concerns are considered in any Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advice we give to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) concerning export licence applications. In response to events in the Middle East and North Africa, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague) commissioned a review of Government policy and practice with regard to the export of equipment that might be used for internal repression, in particular crowd control goods. The FCO is leading this internal review in close consultation with BIS and the Ministry of Defence.

Libya: Armed Conflict

Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which countries participating in the coalition to enforce UN Security Council Resolution 1973 (a) are and (b) are not contributing to the armed forces in and over Libya.

Alistair Burt: 18 nations are contributing aircraft or maritime assets to the region under UN Security Council Resolution 1973: UK, US, France, Italy, Denmark, Spain, Belgium, Norway, Netherlands, Canada, Qatar, Turkey, Greece, United Arab Emirates, Sweden, Jordan, Bulgaria, Romania. In total, 34 nations are either providing or offering various kinds of support including military, allowing overflights, logistical or financial support and humanitarian relief.

Libya: Politics and Government

Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the level of UK diplomatic representation is to the Transitional Council of Libya in Benghazi; what roles such representatives carry out; and what estimate he has made to the cost of such representation in the latest period for which figures are available.

Alistair Burt: The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), appointed Christopher Prentice as his Special Representative in Benghazi in early March 2011. John Jenkins will replace Christopher Prentice in Benghazi shortly. The Special Representative leads a team of diplomats, development and stabilisation advisers, defence attaches and military mentors. Their role is to monitor developments in the East of Libya and to provide advice and assistance to ensure that the Interim Transitional National Council is able to protect and support the population living in areas under its control. Other governments and the United Nations maintain similar teams in Benghazi. We work closely with them. The cost of maintaining the team in Benghazi for their first full month was approximately £400,000.

Osama bin Laden

Neil Parish: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has received reports on the source of funding for the purchase and maintenance of the compound in Abbottabad which housed Osama bin Laden.

Alistair Burt: It is not our practice to comment on operational matters.
	The Government are working hard both at national and international level to counter terrorist financing. Our aim is to deprive terrorists of the financial resources and systems needed for terrorist related activity.

Sri Lanka: Internally Displaced Persons

Stella Creasy: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on voter registration amongst displaced civilians in the north of Sri Lanka during recent local elections in that country; and what assessment he has made of such reports.

Alistair Burt: I refer the hon. Member to my response to the hon. Member for Portsmouth South (Mr Hancock) of 3 May 2011, Official Report, column 618W.

Western Sahara: Self-determination of States

Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the government of (a) Morocco, (b) Algeria and (c) Mauritania on the future status of the Saharwi people; and if he will make a statement.

Alistair Burt: The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), met the Moroccan Foreign Minister, Taieb Fassi Fihri, in London on 10 March and discussed a wide range of foreign policy issues.
	I also discussed the issue of Western Sahara in my meetings with Fassi Fihri during my visit to Morocco in April 2011.
	I visited Algeria in April 2011 where I raised the issue of Western Sahara with the government of Algeria. I reiterated our commitment to the United Nations Security Council position, calling for a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution, which provides for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara.
	As Mauritania is a member of the Arab Maghreb Union, officials have regular discussions with the Mauritanian Government about issues of regional stability and integration.
	There are no plans to make a statement at this time.

HOME DEPARTMENT

Asylum: Grants

Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding her Department has allocated in grants to charities and non-governmental bodies involved in asylum matters in each of the last five years.

Damian Green: The amount of funding allocated in grants to charities and non-governmental bodies involved in asylum matters for each of the last five years is shown in the following table. The figures for 2010-11 are provisional and unaudited and may be subject to revision as a result of the statutory audit of the UK Border Agency. Some of the Assisted Voluntary Returns schemes whose costs are included in these figures apply to other migrants as well as asylum-seekers.
	
		
			 £ 
			 Grant recipients Nature of grant/project 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 
			 International Organisation For Migration Assisted Voluntary Returns 18,888,860 9,679,482 9,980,209 11,229,062 17,314,282 
			        
			 Migrant Helpline One-Stop Service 263,187 247,574 399,369 388,619 346,360 
			  Wraparound 3,795,052 3,123,226 913,373 902,553 894,265 
			  Strategic (formerly Core) funding 867,203 664,752 — — — 
			  Alternatives To Detention — — 482,340 — — 
			        
			 Refugee Action One-Stop Service 2,576,205 2,693,562 3,038,858 3,145,235 2,936,548 
			  Wraparound 977,830 622,445 839,485 855,836 805,837 
			  Strategic (formerly Core) funding 539,981 553,480 — — — 
			  Key Worker Pilot — — — — 134,590 
		
	
	
		
			        
			 Refugee Arrivals Project Strategic (formerly Core) funding 369,377 — — — — 
			  One-Stop Service 368,113 — — — — 
			        
			 Refugee Council Strategic (formerly Core) funding 2,557,235 2,813,745 1,499,247 1,528,819 1,306,238 
			  One-Stop Service 3,736,228 4,138,297 5,498,936 5,531,003 5,512,447 
			  Wraparound 2,533,282 3,171,091 1,977,156 2,006,360 1,522,107 
			  Children's Panel — — 1,331,584 1,097,580 793,479 
			  Asylum Support Partnership Team — — — 283,252 90,230 
			  Voluntary Return Project — — 56,547 65,000 6,080 
			  Other — — 312,549 — — 
			        
			 Scottish Refugee Council One-Stop Service 777,223 795,788 1,050,835 1,075,975 1,050,414 
			  Wraparound 116,272 315,909 475,758 504,418 454,005 
			  Strategic (formerly Core) funding 328,129 336,332 155,000 155,000 117,328 
			        
			 Welsh Refugee Council One-Stop Service 626,475 642,137 839,960 884,415 862,370 
			  Wraparound 71,868 390,000 431,988 407,010 371,513 
			  Strategic (formerly Core) funding 205,316 228,307 70,000 68,528 62,020 
			 Note: Figures for 2010-11 are provisional, unaudited and subject to adjustment. Figures for 2009-10 are derived from the audited accounts of the UK Border Agency. Figures for 2006-09 are derived from the audited accounts of the Home Office.

Business Crime Reduction Initiative

Barry Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will take further steps to develop the Business Crime Reduction initiative in Huddersfield and Kirklees.

James Brokenshire: It is for local areas to develop their own business crime reduction partnerships in order to respond to local business crime priorities, engaging where appropriate with other local partnerships such as Community Safety Partnerships and Neighbourhood Policing Teams. The Home Office, through the National Retail Crime Steering Group, are looking to strengthen local partnerships including supporting their development, identifying and tackling barriers to their operation, and defining minimum standards.

Crime

Barry Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will discuss with representatives of (a) the Design Council and (b) other organisations with design expertise the potential of design to reduce the incidence of crime.

James Brokenshire: As the Government made clear in A New Approach to Fighting Crime (March 2011), we recognise the important role that design has to play in preventing crime and are establishing a new forum for innovation in crime prevention that will bring together experts drawn from science, design, business and industry, policing and law enforcement to identify major opportunities for preventing crime through innovative design, technology and behavioural change.

Greater Manchester

Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what payments her Department and its agencies have made to (a) Manchester College, (b) Manchester College for Arts and Technology and (c) City College, Manchester since 1997; and for what purpose in each case.

Damian Green: The totals of payments made by the Home Department inclusive of its Executive agencies to (a) Manchester College and (b) Manchester College for Arts and Technology since 2004 are as follows:
	
		
			 £ 
			 FY (a) Manchester College (b) Manchester College for Arts and Technology 
			 2004-05 10,817 0 
			 2005-06 17,470 0 
			 2006-07 13,130 0 
			 2007-08 12,463 3,819 
			 2008-09 14,102 0 
			 2009-10 42,350 0 
			 2010-11 37,576 0 
		
	
	The Department has not made payments to (c) City College, Manchester in the period from 2004.
	Information on any payments to the colleges prior to 2004 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	The purpose of the payments in each case was for tuition, training or examination fees for Home Office staff. In the case of (a) for Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development fees and (b) for fees for the Certificate in Training Practice under the Qualifications and Curriculum Framework.

Human Trafficking

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many instances of human trafficking for sexual purposes were detected in each of the last three years; from which countries the persons had been trafficked; and how many prosecutions resulting in a conviction there were as a result.

Damian Green: The National Referral Mechanism (NRM) started on the 1 April 2009 and data are only available from this date onwards.
	At 3 May 2011 the number of decisions relating to referrals for human trafficking for sexual exploitation was as follows:
	
		
			 Period Potential victims of human trafficking for sexual exploitation (reasonable grounds decision) Confirmed victims of human trafficking (positive conclusive decisions) 
			 2010-11 169 72 
			 2009-10 187 114 
		
	
	The number of potential victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation that have been referred to the NRM since April 2009 broken down by nationality is as follows:
	
		
			  2009-10 2010-11 
			  Reasonable grounds: Potential victims of human trafficking Of which the following have positive conclusive decisions: Victims of human trafficking Reasonable grounds: Potential victims of human trafficking Of which the following have positive conclusive decisions: Victims of human trafficking 
			 Albania 11 9 7 2 
			 Angola 2 — — — 
			 Bangladesh 2 2 1 — 
			 Belarus 1 1 — — 
			 Bolivia — — 1 1 
			 Brazil 2 2 — — 
			 Burundi 1 1 — — 
			 Cambodia — — 1 1 
			 Cameroon 6 6 2 — 
			 Chile 1 1 — — 
			 China 34 12 11 2 
			 Czech Republic Democratic 2 2 1 1 
			 Republic of the Congo — — 1 1 
			 Eritrea — — 1 — 
			 Gambia — — 3 — 
		
	
	
		
			 Georgia — — 1 — 
			 Ghana 1 1 6 1 
			 Guinea 1 — 2 1 
			 Hungary — — 3 3 
			 India 1 — 1 1 
			 Iran — — 1 1 
			 Ivory Coast 1 1 — — 
			 Kazakhstan 1 — —  
			 Kenya 2 — 7 3 
			 Kosovo — — 1 1 
			 Latvia — — 2 2 
			 Liberia 2 2 — — 
			 Lithuania 3 3 8 6 
			 Malawi — — 1 1 
			 Moldova 1 1 1 1 
			 Nigeria 25 13 25 4 
			 Pakistan 2 — 1 — 
			 Poland 3 1 2 1 
			 Romania 12 9 10 9 
			 Russia 1 — 2 — 
			 Senegal 2 1 3 — 
			 Serbia — — 1 — 
			 Sierra Leone 11 6 7 3 
			 Slovakia 2 1 2 — 
			 Somalia 1 — 4 2 
			 South Africa 7 5 1 1 
			 Tajikistan — — 1 — 
			 Thailand 2 — 4 1 
			 Trinidad and Tobago 1 1 — — 
			 Uganda 5 1 14 8 
			 UK 30 29 12 10 
			 Ukraine — — 1 — 
			 Vietnam 2 — 14 4 
			 Zambia 1 1 1 — 
			 Zimbabwe 5 2 1 — 
			 Grand total 187 114 169 72 
		
	
	Figures from the UK Human Trafficking Centre for convictions for trafficking for sexual exploitation are set out in the following table. These figures cover the period up to the end of January 2011.
	The figures do not include a number of trafficking cases still pending.
	
		
			  Convictions including trafficking offences (and in some cases additional offences) Convictions not for trafficking but related to the original trafficking offence 
			 2008 (1)34 34 
			 2009 33 24 
			 2010 17 16 
			 2011 2 2 
			 1 Three of these convictions were for conspiracy to traffick

Lord Wasserman

Andrew Love: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  if she will place in the Library a copy of each submission made to her by Lord Wasserman in his capacity as adviser on policy and criminal parties;
	(2)  what the terms of reference are for the work of Lord Wasserman in her Department;
	(3)  what meetings Ministers in her Department have had with Lord Wasserman since his appointment; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of each meeting;
	(4)  what written correspondence her Department has received from (a) Lord Wasserman and (b) the Gordon Wasserman Group since his appointment; on what date each items was received; and if she will publish each item of correspondence.

Nick Herbert: Lord Wasserman is not employed by the Home Office and is appointed in an unpaid capacity. He reports directly to Ministers and advises on crime, policing and criminal justice matters. Lord Wasserman has regular meetings with Ministers and officials in his capacity as advisor in order to help formulate and shape Government policy. Any documentation arising out of this would be for that purpose, in line with his role.

Monarchy: Marriage

John Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much (a) funding and (b) resources her Department has allocated for security at the Royal wedding.

Nick Herbert: Funding and resources for security at the royal wedding were met from Metropolitan Police Service budgets. The costings of policing the event are not available at present and will be released by the Metropolitan Police Service in due course.

Police: Assaults

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many days sickness after an assault were taken by police officers in each police force in England and Wales in each year since 1997; and what the (a) average number of days lost per police officer following an assault and (b) cost was to each such force in each such year.

Nick Herbert: The data provided here are a supplementary series collected on behalf and released with the approval of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC). These data are normally used for inspection purposes only.
	It is therefore important to note that these provisional data have not undergone the usual data quality assurance practices (including validation with individual police forces) and are therefore supplied for information purposes only.
	The requested data have been collected since 2002-03 and are given in the table.
	For parts (a) and (b), the requested information is not collected centrally.
	
		
			 Number of police officer working days lost due to assaults  (1)  : 2002-03 to 2009-10 
			  2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 
			 Avon and Somerset 687 793 464 * 21 566 751 * 
			 Bedfordshire 213 387 112 184 178 219 62 52 
			 Cambridgeshire 65 220 194 284 62 120 25 196 
			 Cheshire 431 100 755 575 112 75 112 215 
			 Cleveland * * * * * 77 108 68 
			 Cumbria 11 11 46 150 * * 341 570 
			 Derbyshire 590 906 262 351 236 143 281 374 
			 Devon and Cornwall 655 324 136 990 334 188 31 230 
			 Dorset 81 73 * * * * * * 
			 Durham 241 169 101 28 * 138 18 64 
			 Dyfed-Powys * * 274 93 97 154 161 81 
			 Essex 478 294 305 301 248 252 189 397 
			 Gloucestershire 115 244 182 199 165 47 16 244 
			 Greater Manchester * * 1,702 1,127 94 832 2,074 * 
			 Gwent 175 304 426 417 * 122 * 157 
			 Hampshire 919 733 278 302 252 191 * * 
			 Hertfordshire 433 328 134 85 186 * * * 
			 Humberside 385 390 133 156 * * 126 * 
			 Kent 433 638 412 437 748 431 400 594 
			 Lancashire 2,484 983 1,330 1,095 603 596 472 579 
			 Leicestershire * * * 193 274 * 177 97 
			 Lincolnshire 201 * 95 88 211 344 233 166 
			 London, City of 48 98 44 43 13 2 44 4 
			 Merseyside 267 143 195 184 0 407 534 411 
			 Metropolitan Police * 5,043 3,401 18,577 7,647 5,848 6,388 5,581 
			 Norfolk 3 84 272 41 67 162 65 155 
			 Northamptonshire 54 4 20 4 29 6 20 25 
			 Northumbria 578 664 368 290 905 1,075 330 2,039 
		
	
	
		
			 North Wales * * 169 158 323 133 * 53 
			 North Yorkshire * * 102 * 137 * * * 
			 Nottinghamshire 228 * 303 145 * 179 193 299 
			 South Wales 576 637 * * * * 87 216 
			 South Yorkshire * 249 183 160 104 69 209 237 
			 Staffordshire 435 154 446 285 299 174 115 186 
			 Suffolk 277 67 26 5 213 208 240 210 
			 Surrey 469 525 98 32 20 69 14 154 
			 Sussex 342 504 544 334 109 276 329 99 
			 Thames Valley 48 312 159 * * * 168 * 
			 Warwickshire 30 39 8 63 715 24 29 60 
			 West Mercia 251 290 592 467 446 354 322 395 
			 West Midlands 2,318 * 1,502 1,313 1,419 1,166 1,200 1,198 
			 West Yorkshire 1,296 2,025 1,383 974 725 691 1,048 635 
			 Wiltshire 37 18 152 37 * * * 28 
			 * = Data not available. Force was not able to supply data at the time of collection. (1) Provisional data taken from a supplementary series collected on behalf of HMIC and used for inspection purposes only. Data has not undergone usual quality assurance practices (including validation with individual police forces) and are therefore supplied for information purposes only.

Police: Manpower

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of police officers left the police service in each police force area (a) within two to five years, (b) within five to 10 years and (c) after more than 10 years of joining in each year since 2007.

Nick Herbert: Available data relates to 2006-07 to 2009-10 and are given in tables.
	The number of transfers between forces has been separately identified as these officers, while leaving individual police forces, have not left the police service.
	
		
			 N  umber of police officers leaving  (1)   the force (with the number of transfers separately identified) and the percentage of total police officer leavers that this figure represents, from 2006-07 to 2009-10 
			  (a) Officers leaving with two to less than five years' service 
			  2006-07 2007-08 
			 Police force area Number of transfers (included as part of overall officers leaving the service) Number of police officers leaving the force with two to less than five years' service Percentage of police officers leaving with two to less than five years' service Number of transfers (included as part of overall officers leaving the service Number of police officers leaving the force with two to less than five years' service Percentage of police officers leaving with two to less than five years' service 
			 Avon and Somerset 16 28 17 16 30 14 
			 Bedfordshire 2 12 16 15 26 26 
			 Cambridgeshire 6 10 11 14 20 19 
			 Cheshire(2) 4 11 10 6 13 11 
			 Cleveland 3 8 10 5 8 8 
			 Cumbria 1 9 18 5 9 12 
			 Derbyshire 3 10 7 4 11 9 
			 Devon and Cornwall 3 8 6 5 12 9 
			 Dorset 4 7 6 4 10 10 
			 Durham 1 7 11 4 9 8 
			 Dyfed-Powys 6 6 13 2 7 12 
			 Essex 0 21 7 27 43 17 
			 Gloucestershire 3 9 12 9 12 14 
			 Greater Manchester 32 76 15 30 64 14 
			 Gwent 8 12 18 3 24 27 
			 Hampshire 14 19 9 21 35 14 
			 Hertfordshire 24 45 25 18 29 17 
			 Humberside 6 17 14 6 18 16 
			 Kent 14 27 12 3 12 6 
			 Lancashire 4 20 11 3 20 11 
			 Leicestershire 7 17 12 4 19 14 
			 Lincolnshire 3 10 12 4 5 5 
			 London, City of 6 8 12 3 5 8 
			 Merseyside 4 19 7 10 17 8 
		
	
	
		
			 Metropolitan Police 86 226 13 60 173 12 
			 Norfolk 2 7 7 5 7 8 
			 Northamptonshire 8 13 13 16 26 25 
			 Northumbria 3 15 8 7 19 9 
			 North Wales 6 13 15 4 10 11 
			 North Yorkshire 6 15 15 5 12 13 
			 Nottinghamshire 7 15 10 12 18 15 
			 South Wales 0 8 4 1 12 8 
			 South Yorkshire 8 18 9 8 25 14 
			 Staffordshire 6 13 11 0 7 7 
			 Suffolk 4 9 17 4 12 22 
			 Surrey 19 32 17 10 17 11 
			 Sussex 12 32 15 38 59 22 
			 Thames Valley 46 77 26 69 92 27 
			 Warwickshire 7 11 15 2 4 7 
			 West Mercia 4 16 11 1 10 8 
			 West Midlands 26 65 13 29 49 10 
			 West Yorkshire 16 38 11 18 50 16 
			 Wiltshire 1 6 10 0 2 3 
			 Total 441 1045 13 510 1,062 13 
		
	
	
		
			  2008-09 2009-10 
			 Police force area Number of transfers (included as part of overall officers leaving the service) Number of police officers leaving the force with two to less than five years' service Percentage of police officers leaving with two to less than five years' service Number of transfers (included as part of overall officers leaving the service) Number of police officers leaving the force with two to less than five years' service Percentage of police officers leaving with two to less than five years' service 
			 Avon and Somerset 12 22 13 5 13 8 
			 Bedfordshire 9 14 15 4 7 11 
			 Cambridgeshire 8 16 16 1 4 6 
			 Cheshire(2) — — — — — — 
			 Cleveland 1 7 7 6 7 8 
			 Cumbria 3 10 14 0 3 5 
			 Derbyshire 0 12 11 4 14 12 
			 Devon and Cornwall 9 13 8 5 7 6 
			 Dorset 2 4 5 2 5 5 
			 Durham 1 1 1 2 3 4 
			 Dyfed-Powys 3 5 9 1 1 2 
			 Essex 37 49 20 26 40 17 
			 Gloucestershire 6 7 10 4 6 9 
			 Greater Manchester 19 37 10 6 12 4 
			 Gwent 2 11 13 3 6 9 
			 Hampshire 13 25 10 16 23 9 
			 Hertfordshire 17 27 18 10 12 9 
			 Humberside 6 22 16 1 5 5 
			 Kent 12 28 15 4 8 5 
			 Lancashire 5 9 6 9 17 11 
			 Leicestershire 6 11 10 7 13 12 
			 Lincolnshire 2 2 3 7 10 10 
			 London, City of 3 4 6 3 7 13 
			 Merseyside 7 19 7 3 8 3 
			 Metropolitan Police 37 109 8 37 119 9 
		
	
	
		
			 Norfolk 3 6 5 2 10 12 
			 Northamptonshire 11 17 19 3 6 11 
			 Northumbria 0 16 8 1 8 5 
			 North Wales 2 5 7 2 8 16 
			 North Yorkshire 10 20 19 3 3 3 
			 Nottinghamshire 10 17 12 2 8 7 
			 South Wales 0 7 4 0 5 3 
			 South Yorkshire 11 19 10 1 10 6 
			 Staffordshire 1 6 5 1 3 3 
			 Suffolk 4 8 9 9 14 14 
			 Surrey 7 21 12 6 18 15 
			 Sussex 21 37 16 6 16 9 
			 Thames Valley 50 66 25 21 35 14 
			 Warwickshire 10 13 21 1 4 6 
			 West Mercia 12 23 15 7 14 9 
			 West Midlands 27 49 10 13 31 7 
			 West Yorkshire 18 44 13 7 19 6 
			 Wiltshire 5 13 15 1 5 8 
			 Total 422 851 11 252 567 8 
		
	
	
		
			 (b) Officers leaving with five to less than   10   years' service 
			  2006-07 2007-08 
			 Police force area Number of transfers (included as part of overall officers leaving the service) Number of police officers leaving the force with five to less than  10   years' service Percentage of police officers leaving with five to less than   10   years' service Number of transfers (included as part of overall officers leaving the service) Number of police officers leaving the force with five to less than   10   years' service Percentage of police officers leaving with five to less than   10   years' service 
			 Avon and Somerset 7 13 8 12 23 11 
			 Bedfordshire 5 10 14 13 15 15 
			 Cambridgeshire 1 5 6 18 24 23 
			 Cheshire(2) 5 9 8 3 6 5 
			 Cleveland 1 7 9 2 8 8 
			 Cumbria 1 3 6 1 3 4 
			 Derbyshire 3 15 11 0 16 13 
			 Devon and Cornwall 6 13 10 5 13 9 
			 Dorset 4 8 7 2 6 6 
			 Durham 5 8 13 10 17 15 
			 Dyfed-Powys 2 2 4 5 8 14 
			 Essex 0 11 4 28 36 14 
			 Gloucestershire 1 6 8 8 12 14 
			 Greater Manchester 25 69 14 30 80 17 
			 Gwent 2 6 9 0 6 7 
			 Hampshire 8 17 8 13 21 9 
			 Hertfordshire 22 30 17 17 30 18 
			 Humberside 3 7 6 2 10 9 
			 Kent 12 26 11 13 26 13 
			 Lancashire 3 7 4 1 7 4 
			 Leicestershire 7 15 11 10 21 15 
			 Lincolnshire 4 6 7 4 8 9 
			 London, City of 8 10 15 10 19 29 
			 Merseyside 3 11 4 8 16 7 
			 Metropolitan Police 90 167 10 105 204 14 
			 Norfolk 1 4 4 1 3 4 
			 Northamptonshire 6 8 8 9 12 12 
		
	
	
		
			 Northumbria 4 16 9 1 16 7 
			 North Wales 6 11 13 3 7 7 
			 North Yorkshire 2 10 10 4 9 10 
			 Nottinghamshire 11 20 14 13 23 19 
			 South Wales 1 16 8 0 6 4 
			 South Yorkshire 19 26 13 9 16 9 
			 Staffordshire 6 10 8 0 7 7 
			 Suffolk 4 6 11 0 8 15 
			 Surrey 22 37 19 11 24 15 
			 Sussex 12 21 10 29 42 15 
			 Thames Valley 25 38 13 35 48 14 
			 Warwickshire 4 8 11 8 11 19 
			 West Mercia 9 18 12 6 12 10 
			 West Midlands 36 63 13 36 61 13 
			 West Yorkshire 2 12 3 6 20 6 
			 Wiltshire 1 10 16 3 12 17 
			 Total 399 815 10 494 972 12 
		
	
	
		
			  2008-09 2009-10 
			 Police force area Number of transfers (included as part of overall officers leaving the service) Number of police officers leaving the force with five to less than   10   years' service Percentage of police officers leaving with five to less than   10   years' service Number of transfers (included as part of overall officers leaving the service) Number of police officers leaving the force with five to less than   10   years' service Percentage of police officers leaving with five to less than   10   years' service 
			 Avon and Somerset 0 27 16 12 24 15 
			 Bedfordshire 14 18 20 5 8 12 
			 Cambridgeshire 15 19 19 7 14 19 
			 Cheshire(2) — — — — — — 
			 Cleveland 5 14 15 3 10 12 
			 Cumbria 2 4 6 0 6 9 
			 Derbyshire 5 15 13 3 11 9 
			 Devon and Cornwall 8 17 11 1 6 5 
			 Dorset 3 7 9 2 5 5 
			 Durham 2 8 9 5 9 11 
			 Dyfed-Powys 2 4 7 4 6 10 
			 Essex 24 36 15 19 24 10 
			 Gloucestershire 5 7 10 4 8 12 
			 Greater Manchester 28 50 13 15 39 12 
			 Gwent 1 10 12 3 5 8 
			 Hampshire 14 22 9 11 23 9 
			 Hertfordshire 35 49 34 14 24 18 
			 Humberside 7 10 7 1 7 7 
			 Kent 18 33 18 7 20 12 
			 Lancashire 3 13 9 2 9 6 
			 Leicestershire 9 21 18 8 14 13 
			 Lincolnshire 3 9 12 4 11 11 
			 London, City of 5 8 11 6 7 13 
			 Merseyside 3 16 6 5 14 6 
			 Metropolitan Police 119 237 16 56 179 14 
			 Norfolk 7 19 17 2 8 10 
			 Northamptonshire 6 10 11 1 6 11 
			 Northumbria 2 14 7 1 8 5 
			 North Wales 2 12 18 0 6 12 
		
	
	
		
			 North Yorkshire 7 13 12 3 15 17 
			 Nottinghamshire 10 22 16 11 21 19 
			 South Wales 0 18 9 0 13 9 
			 South Yorkshire 14 18 10 7 15 10 
			 Staffordshire 4 10 9 4 7 7 
			 Suffolk 3 9 10 3 12 12 
			 Surrey 24 37 22 18 28 24 
			 Sussex 24 33 14 8 13 7 
			 Thames Valley 34 47 18 20 35 14 
			 Warwickshire 4 7 11 5 12 18 
			 West Mercia 7 20 13 9 17 11 
			 West Midlands 30 54 11 15 41 9 
			 West Yorkshire 8 35 11 8 18 6 
			 Wiltshire 1 10 12 4 9 15 
			 Total 517 1,042 14 316 767 11 
		
	
	
		
			 (c) Officers leaving with   10   years' or more service 
			  2006-07 2007-08 
			 Police force area Number of transfers (included as part of overall officers leaving the service) Number of police officers leaving the force with   10   years' or more service Percentage of police officers leaving with   10   years' or more years service Number of transfers (included as part of overall officers leaving the service. Number of police officers leaving the force with   10   years' or more service Percentage of police officers leaving with   10   years' or more years service 
			 Avon and Somerset 9 110 68 9 123 59 
			 Bedfordshire 8 40 54 8 45 45 
			 Cambridgeshire 11 63 70 17 54 51 
			 Cheshire(2) 5 78 68 7 91 76 
			 Cleveland 7 46 60 9 73 69 
			 Cumbria 0 31 62 8 54 74 
			 Derbyshire 2 106 76 4 77 62 
			 Devon and Cornwall 9 91 69 10 108 77 
			 Dorset 1 81 73 2 71 72 
			 Durham 3 40 63 6 87 76 
			 Dyfed-Powys 2 37 77 0 40 68 
			 Essex 0 210 74 42 146 58 
			 Gloucestershire 1 57 75 5 59 69 
			 Greater Manchester 30 328 67 25 303 65 
			 Gwent 2 39 60 3 52 58 
			 Hampshire 13 154 73 19 173 71 
			 Hertfordshire 22 76 42 29 88 51 
			 Humberside 5 81 67 2 63 55 
			 Kent 14 162 71 11 156 76 
			 Lancashire 10 134 76 12 141 81 
			 Leicestershire 16 99 71 4 89 64 
			 Lincolnshire 6 58 72 5 74 81 
			 London, City of 10 47 70 12 39 60 
			 Merseyside 3 199 76 4 175 79 
			 Metropolitan Police 95 1,226 72 99 986 70 
			 Norfolk 9 77 77 9 69 82 
			 Northamptonshire 19 70 67 20 52 50 
			 Northumbria 3 140 76 7 172 80 
			 North Wales 2 55 63 2 67 71 
			 North Yorkshire 3 61 59 9 57 62 
			 Nottinghamshire 6 106 72 13 79 64 
			 South Wales 1 155 82 0 125 81 
		
	
	
		
			 South Yorkshire 9 127 65 13 126 69 
			 Staffordshire 8 87 71 7 84 80 
			 Suffolk 3 36 67 1 28 52 
			 Surrey 23 70 37 13 87 56 
			 Sussex 20 128 59 38 148 54 
			 Thames Valley 16 150 51 27 177 52 
			 Warwickshire 1 49 65 3 30 51 
			 West Mercia 13 99 68 1 88 70 
			 West Midlands 23 325 65 25 309 66 
			 West Yorkshire 15 253 73 7 195 62 
			 Wiltshire 2 40 65 1 51 72 
			 Total 460 5,621 68 548 5,311 66 
		
	
	
		
			  2008-09 2009-10 
			 Police force area Number of transfers (included as part of overall officers leaving the service) Number of police officers leaving the force with   10   years' or more service Percentage   of police officers leaving with   10   years' or more years service Number of transfers (included as part of overall officers leaving the service) Number of police officers leaving the force with   10   years' or more service Percentage   of police officers leaving with   10   years' or more years service 
			 Avon and Somerset 4 109 66 6 117 72 
			 Bedfordshire 11 47 52 9 45 69 
			 Cambridgeshire 15 60 59 5 43 60 
			 Cheshire(2) — — — — — — 
			 Cleveland 2 67 71 2 67 78 
			 Cumbria 2 53 74 2 49 75 
			 Derbyshire 2 71 63 5 87 72 
			 Devon and Cornwall 11 115 75 7 93 85 
			 Dorset 5 55 72 1 81 83 
			 Durham 9 83 89 3 73 86 
			 Dyfed-Powys 3 44 79 2 46 78 
			 Essex 28 141 57 27 145 63 
			 Gloucestershire 7 52 72 2 48 72 
			 Greater Manchester 20 270 70 13 261 79 
			 Gwent 0 54 63 4 52 81 
			 Hampshire 19 177 73 13 184 75 
			 Hertfordshire 17 56 38 21 75 55 
			 Humberside 4 91 66 3 79 83 
			 Kent 13 122 66 8 129 76 
			 Lancashire 7 117 78 2 125 80 
			 Leicestershire 5 72 63 8 70 65 
			 Lincolnshire 4 64 84 2 72 74 
			 London, City of 20 57 81 9 35 66 
			 Merseyside 10 210 81 10 207 86 
			 Metropolitan Police 63 1,027 71 37 842 66 
			 Norfolk 4 73 66 1 51 61 
			 Northamptonshire 8 52 58 4 36 68 
			 Northumbria 8 151 76 4 135 86 
			 North Wales 1 47 69 1 32 65 
			 North Yorkshire 8 63 59 5 63 72 
			 Nottinghamshire 13 97 69 5 78 70 
			 South Wales 1 165 85 1 126 86 
			 South Yorkshire 13 136 73 10 130 83 
			 Staffordshire 11 85 77 10 95 90 
			 Suffolk 5 61 71 8 56 57 
			 Surrey 21 91 53 7 58 50 
			 Sussex 43 140 60 14 104 57 
		
	
	
		
			 Thames Valley 21 127 48 8 166 64 
			 Warwickshire 8 39 64 1 49 75 
			 West Mercia 0 105 68 7 120 76 
			 West Midlands 28 314 67 13 320 74 
			 West Yorkshire 4 212 64 15 236 76 
			 Wiltshire 0 48 56 8 41 69 
			 Total 478 5,220 68 323 4,921 72 
			 (1) Leaving figures include police officers leaving the force within the designated range of years of joining or re-joining the service, due to dismissals (including requirement to resign), voluntary resignations, medical retirements, ordinary retirements. (2) Data for Cheshire was not available in 2008-09 and 2009-10.

CHURCH COMMISSIONERS

Clergy: Gender

Anne McIntosh: To ask the hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what the ratio of male to female clergy is in the Church of England; and if he will make a statement.

Tony Baldry: The Church of England has seen a substantial change in the last 10 years to the gender balance of its clergy. The figures from 2009 are the most recent figures available and show a sizeable increase in women clergy when compared to figures from 1994. Similar movement in the gender balance of Anglican Chaplains can also be seen when comparing the figures available from 1998 and 2009.
	The following figures collected by the Church of England include all stipendiary clergy, self supporting ministers, Diocesan bishops, Suffragan bishops, Arch-Deacons, Deans and other Cathedral Clergy.
	In 1994—90% of clergy were men and 10% were women
	In 2009—71% of clergy were men and 29% were women
	Chaplains in the Church of England
	The following figures collected by the Church of England include all armed forces chaplains, prison chaplains, hospital chaplains, education chaplains and other chaplains in workplace or industrial ministry.
	In 1998—85% of Chaplains were men and 15 % were women
	In 2009—78% of Chaplains were men and 22% were women

WORK AND PENSIONS

Employment Schemes

John Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of the sub-contractor business his Department estimates has been awarded to charities and voluntary sector organisations as part of the Work Programme in (a) Glasgow North West constituency, (b) Glasgow city, (c) Scotland and (d) nationally.

Chris Grayling: The Work Programme competition is still under way with post tender discussions being undertaken with preferred bidders. Contracts have not yet been signed. The information you have requested, therefore, cannot be provided at this time. When contracts have been signed; further information, including details of the prime contractors and their subcontractors will be published on the Contracts Finder website as part of the ongoing commitment to the Transparency agenda.
	However, I can tell you that there are 57 third sector organisations within the supply chains of the preferred bidders within the Contract Package Area covering the constituencies you are inquiring about. Nationally there are over 300 first tier third sector organisations. In addition, there are numerous organisations providing ad-hoc support as customer requirements dictate.

Incapacity Benefit

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in each London borough whose primary diagnosis was obesity claimed incapacity benefit in each of the last five years for which figures are available; what proportion of the total expenditure on incapacity benefit in each borough was accounted for by people suffering from obesity in each year; and how much was spent on disability pensions for people diagnosed with obesity in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Chris Grayling: Due to the small numbers of incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance cases with a main condition of obesity in the London boroughs, it is not possible to provide a reliable estimate of the expenditure on this condition.
	Similarly, the disability living allowance figures are derived from a 5% sample, and are subject to sampling variability, so a reliable estimate of expenditure cannot be provided.
	The information on how many people in each London borough whose primary diagnosis was obesity claimed incapacity benefit/severe disability allowance in each of the last five years is as follows:
	
		
			 Incapacity benefit/severe disability allowance recipients with a diagnosis of obesity by each London borough. 
			  As at August each year: 
			  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 
			 City of London — — — — — 
		
	
	
		
			 Barking and Dagenham 10 10 10 10 10 
			 Barnet 10 10 10 10 10 
			 Bexley 10 10 10 10 — 
			 Brent 10 10 10 10 10 
			 Bromley — 10 10 10 10 
			 Camden 20 20 10 20 10 
			 Croydon 20 20 20 20 10 
			 Ealing 20 20 20 20 10 
			 Enfield 10 20 20 20 20 
			 Greenwich — 10 10 10 10 
			 Hackney 30 20 20 20 20 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 10 10 10 10 10 
			 Haringey 10 20 20 20 10 
			 Harrow 10 10 10 10 10 
			 Havering — — — — — 
			 Hillingdon 10 10 10 10 10 
			 Hounslow 10 20 10 10 10 
			 Islington 10 10 20 20 10 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 10 10 10 10 — 
			 Kingston upon Thames — — — — — 
			 Lambeth 20 20 20 20 10 
			 Lewisham 10 10 10 10 10 
			 Merton — — — — — 
			 Newham 20 20 20 20 20 
			 Redbridge 10 10 10 — 10 
			 Richmond upon Thames — — 10 10 10 
			 Southwark 20 20 20 20 20 
			 Sutton — — — — — 
			 Tower Hamlets 10 10 20 20 10 
			 Waltham Forest 10 10 10 10 10 
			 Wandsworth 10 10 10 10 10 
			 City of Westminster 20 10 20 10 10 
			 Notes: 1. Data are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. To qualify for incapacity benefit (IB), claimants have to undertake a medical assessment of incapacity for work called a personal capability assessment: Under the employment and support allowance (ESA) regime, new claimants have to undergo the work capability assessment. From April 2011 incapacity benefit recipients will begin also to undertake this assessment. The medical condition recorded on the claim form does not itself confer entitlement to incapacity benefit or employment and support allowance. So, for example, a decision on entitlement for a customer claiming incapacity benefit on the basis of “obesity” would be based on their ability to carry out the range of activities related to physical and mental function, assessed by the personal capability assessment/work capability assessment. 3. Incapacity benefit was replaced by employment and support allowance in October 2008. 4. The Great Britain figure for those claiming ESA with a diagnosis of obesity is 230 therefore analysis by each London borough is not appropriate. 5. ‘—’ denotes nil or negligible. Source: DWP Information Directorate 100% WPLS.

Incapacity Benefit

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of how many and what proportion of people eligible for but not receiving (a) pension credit, (b) incapacity benefit, (c) jobseeker's allowance and (d) council tax benefit are (i) living below the 60 per cent. relative poverty line and (ii) in each income decile.

Chris Grayling: The latest estimates of unclaimed benefits and take-up rates in Great Britain are available in the National Statistics report Income Related Benefits: Estimates of Take-Up in 2008-09 published at:
	http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/index.php?page=irb
	The total estimated numbers of entitled non-recipients (ENRs) of the income related benefits in question for 2008-09 are shown in the following table. The estimates are presented as ranges to account for uncertainty arising from sampling variation and bias in the data.
	
		
			 Entitled non-recipients 
			 Thousand 
			   Lower Upper 
			 (a) Pension credit 980 1,600 
			 (c) Jobseekers allowance (income based) 570 940 
			 (d) Council tax benefit 2,130 2,930 
			 Source: Income Related Benefits Estimates of Take-Up 2008-09 
		
	
	It is not possible to present estimated numbers of ENRs according to their position in the income distribution since such estimates would not have been corrected for the sampling variation and bias described above. However, we are able to show the percentages of ENRs that fall into different categories.
	The following table shows the proportion of ENRs who are in households below 60% of contemporary median income. These analyses have previously been published as National Statistics. Both the after housing cost and before housing cost measures are shown for 2008-09.
	
		
			 Percentage 
			 Benefit (a) Pension credit (  c  ) Jobseekers allowance (income based) (d) Council tax benefit 
			 Proportion of ENR below 60% median BHC 67 62 58 
			 Proportion of ENR below 60% median AHC 56 73 58 
			 Source: Income Related Benefits Estimates of Take-Up 2008-09 
		
	
	The following table shows the percentage of ENRs by decile of equivalised households income. Both the after housing cost and before housing cost measures are shown. The table is based on three years' data (2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09). Figures may not sum due to rounding.
	
		
			  Decile  :  
			  Bottom 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Top Total 
			 BHC            
			 Pension credit 46 25 11 7 5 3 2 1 0 0 100 
			 Jobseekers allowance (income based) 54 10 9 6 5 4 3 3 3 2 100 
			 Council tax benefit 39 25 17 9 5 2 1 1 0 0 100 
			             
			 AHC            
			 Pension credit 27 24 23 12 5 4 3 1 1 0 100 
			 Jobseekers allowance (income based) 55 14 7 6 4 4 3 3 3 2 100 
			 Council tax benefit 32 21 17 14 9 4 2 1 0 0 100 
			 Source: Derived from Income Related Benefits Estimates of Take-Up 2008-09 combined with Households Below Average Income 2008-09 
		
	
	There is no estimate available of those who are entitled to but not receiving incapacity benefit and jobseekers allowance (contributions based) because it is not possible to identify cases that meet the conditions from survey data.

Industrial Health and Safety: Chandler’s Wharf

Louise Ellman: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what action the Health and Safety Executive has taken following the collapse of a crane at Chandler's Wharf in Liverpool on 6 July 2009; and if he will make a statement.

Chris Grayling: Inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive have concluded their investigation into the incident and have initiated legal proceedings against two companies, Bowmer and Kirkland Ltd and Bingham Davies Ltd. They are due to appear in court on 19 May 2011.

Jobcentre Plus: Reorganisation

David Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the future (a) relationship and (b) status of Jobcentre Plus will be in relation to his Department after the reorganisation of senior management responsibilities within and between his Department and Jobcentre Plus; and what effect the reorganisation will have on (i) co-ordination, (ii) handling of individual constituency queries, (iii) the responsibility of Ministers within his Department and (iv) Jobcentre Plus management decision-making; and if he will make a statement.

Chris Grayling: The Government’s Welfare Reform Programme aims to transform the effectiveness of the regime for helping people find work. The Work Programme will put in place, starting next month, innovative support for the hardest to help, with, payment by results; and the plan for Universal Credit, ensuring work always pays, will bring together provision currently separated between DWP, HMRC and local government; covering both people in and out of work.
	At the same time, the resources for the corporate centre of the Department will reduce by 40% over this Parliament.
	In this context, the Department is reviewing its structure and senior management responsibilities, to ensure the reform programme and savings are delivered safely. An initial announcement has been made about the roles of the Executive Team, whose members report directly to the Permanent Secretary, which will come into effect on 1 October 2011.
	Work is now under way to determine the rest of the organisational design, including the respective responsibilities of senior management of the front line and in the corporate centre. Further details will be announced once the work is further advanced. The Government are, of course, committed to ensuring that constituency queries continue to be handled effectively.

Jobseeker’s Allowance: Appeals

Toby Perkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants in (a) Chesterfield constituency, (b) Derbyshire and (c) the UK were sanctioned in (i) the last 12 months and (ii) each of the last five years; how many such claimants appealed; and how many such appeals were successful.

Chris Grayling: The available information has been placed in the Library.

Medical Examinations: Complaints

Duncan Hames: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many complaints relating to employment and support allowance medical assessments conducted by Atos Healthcare were recorded by his Department in each quarter since October 2008; and what the most common complaints were.

Chris Grayling: Complaints statistics relating to employment and support allowance assessments are not held at a national level by the Department however the number of complaints received by Atos Healthcare since October 2008 is shown in the following table.
	
		
			 ESA complaints quarter ending: Number 
			 November 2008 0 
			 February 2009 38 
			 May 2009 239 
			 August 2009 562 
			 November 2009 702 
			 February 2010 631 
			 May 2010 754 
			 August 2010 748 
		
	
	
		
			 November 2010 818 
			 February 2011 554 
		
	
	During the most recent quarter ending February 2011, 118,854 ESA medical assessments were completed and 554 complaints received which equates to 0.47% of all assessments completed.
	The most common complaint in the latest quarter relates to the content of the medical assessment—some 229 complaints or 0.19% of all ESA assessments completed. Content of assessment includes such issues as the taking of customer history and the assessment process.

Members: Correspondence

Kate Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he plans to reply to the letter of 2 August 2010 from a constituent of the hon. Member for Stretford and Urmston, Mr Charlie Donegan.

Chris Grayling: A reply was sent to the hon. Member on behalf of her constituent on 21 January 2011. A further reply was sent to Mr Donegan on 6 May 2011.

New Enterprise Allowance

Chris Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he expects the New Enterprise Allowance Scheme to be rolled out in Islwyn constituency.

Chris Grayling: We have begun rolling out the new enterprise allowance and it will be available in Wales from the end of June 2011.

New Enterprise Allowance

Chris Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of people in Islwyn constituency who will be eligible for the New Enterprise Allowance Scheme.

Chris Grayling: Customers are eligible for new enterprise allowance after they have been on jobseeker's allowance for six months or more and until they are referred to the Work programme. In March 2011 there were 260 JSA claimants meeting this eligibility condition in Islwyn.

New Enterprise Allowance

Chris Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he plans to extend the New Enterprise Allowance Scheme to groups other than those who have been on jobseekers' allowance for more than six months.

Chris Grayling: Currently there are no plans to extend the New Enterprise Allowance to other groups however we will continue to monitor the position as rollout progresses.

New Enterprise Allowance

Chris Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of new businesses to be created under the New Enterprise Allowance Scheme.

Chris Grayling: The New Enterprise Allowance is intended to help up to 40,000 unemployed people start up a business by 2013 as part of the Government's plans to promote growth and enterprise.

New Enterprise Allowance

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many local entrepreneur mentors are supporting the New Enterprise Allowance in Wales; and whether any minimum level of expertise or qualifications is required to be recognised as a local entrepreneur mentor.

Chris Grayling: The new enterprise allowance will be available in Wales from the end of June 2011. We are currently inviting applications from organisations interested in delivering the mentoring support element of the new enterprise allowance.
	We expect new enterprise allowance mentors to have the business experience and soft skills needed to support our customers to prepare for self employment and develop a viable business plan that demonstrates potential for growth.

New Enterprise Allowance

Guto Bebb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he expects the New Enterprise Allowance scheme to be introduced in Aberconwy constituency.

Chris Grayling: We have begun rolling out the New Enterprise Allowance and it will be available in Wales from the end of June 2011.

Personal Injury: Compensation Recovery Unit

Andy Slaughter: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was recovered by the Compensation Recovery Unit in respect of each type of personal injury claim in each of the last three years; and how many cases this represents for each case type.

Chris Grayling: The information is in the following tables:
	
		
			 Amount and volume of claims recovered 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009 
			 Case type Amount recovered (£ million) Volumes 
			 Clinical Negligence 9.70 983 
			 Employer 81.0 15,541 
			 Motor 37.9 9,140 
			 Other 0.8 141 
			 Public 8.7 2,266 
			 Liability not known 0.05 12 
		
	
	
		
			 Amount and volume of claims recovered 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010 
			 Case type Amount recovered  (£   million  ) Volumes 
			 Clinical Negligence 9.6 1,148 
			 Employer 96.5 17,322 
			 Motor 38.3 9,784 
			 Other 0.8 148 
			 Public 9.5 2,469 
			 Liability not known 0.2 18 
		
	
	
		
			 Amount and volume of claims recovered 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011 
			 Case type Amount recovered  (£   million  ) Volumes 
			 Clinical Negligence 11.4 1,188 
			 Employer 75.8 12,016 
		
	
	
		
			 Motor 41.1 10,035 
			 Other 0.9 139 
			 Public 10.6 2,603 
			 Liability not known 0.07 15 
			 Notes: 1. The figures represent the total volume of claims for the recovered amount. An individual may have made a claim for more than one case type, for example an individual may have made a claim for both motor and employer liability. This will be recorded as two case types. 2. The breakdown of recoveries and the case types that they represent are not available in the public domain in this format. Source: The figures provided are from Shared Services Compensation Recovery Unit computer system and are subject to rounding. The figures are Management Information collected for the purpose of routine administration, and therefore have not been subjected to the rigorous quality assurance that is applied to DWP official statistics.

Social Security Benefits

Karen Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment his Department has made of the effects of the cap on benefit entitlement on the (a) level of child poverty, (b) ability of local authorities to carry out their homelessness duties and (c) level of additional burdens on local authority child protection functions.

Maria Miller: Work is for most people the best way out of poverty. The benefit cap will restrict the total amount of welfare a household can receive to broadly the level of the average earned income after tax for working households. By doing this the policy will improve work incentives for those on benefits and sit alongside the other measures announced in the spending review to make the system fair and affordable.
	Any measurement of the effect on child poverty will be driven by individual behavioural response to the policy. We are putting in place the Work programme, the biggest single welfare-to-work programme this country has ever seen, which will give unemployed people unprecedented levels of personal support to get them into the workplace. The benefit cap supports our plans to make work pay as when someone in a household enters work and begins to receive working tax credit they will be exempt from the new measure.
	The ability of local authorities to carry out their homelessness duties or the level of additional burdens on local authority child protection functions does not form part of the Department's assessment.

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the proportion of benefit fraud committed in respect of each benefit which was attributable to identity fraud in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

Chris Grayling: The information is not available for all benefits.
	The latest official statistics "Fraud and Error in the Benefit System (April 2009—March 2010)" show that £4 million of jobseeker's allowance expenditure was overpaid, due to identity fraud in that period, (0.1% of expenditure). Figures for income support and pension credit showed nil expenditure loss as a result of identity fraud over that period.

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the sums not paid out by his Department for each benefit as a result of detection of benefit fraud in each year since 1997.

Chris Grayling: The information requested is not available.

Social Security Benefits: Overpayments

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many individual cases of customer overpayment debt there have been in each year since 2006; what the total monetary value was of customer overpayment debts in this period; what proportion of such debts are over 10 years old; and what the cost of administering such debts has been.

Chris Grayling: The information is in the following tables:
	
		
			  New debt caused by customer error or fraud Stock of customer error and fraud debt at 31 March Volume of debts>10 yrs old  (1)   (as a percentage of all debts held) Recovery of debts caused by customer error or fraud 
			  Volume Value   (£ million) £ million Volume Percentage £ million 
			 2006-07 508,995 402.5 1,602.7 n/a n/a 162.1 
			 2007-08 492,566 366.9 1,703.4 n/a n/a 183.4 
			 2008-09 453,503 357.8 1,804.0 252,821 9.1 193.2 
			 2009-10 505,487 386.1 1,885.6 253,830 9.3 205.1 
			 2010-11 617,137 515.8 2,070.9 277,600 10 235.1 
		
	
	
		
			  Cost (£ million)  (2) 
			  Pre-recovery Recovery 
			 2006-07 60 
			 2007-08 54.2 
			 2008-09 50.7 
			 2009-10 14.3 33.3 
		
	
	
		
			 2010-11 15.1 32.0 
			 n/a = Not available (1) Volumes of debts over 10 years old relates to all customer error and fraud debt held on system at 31 March in each year. The percentage figure relates to the proportion of those against all debts held in the debt stock. Data prior to 2008 is not available. (2) Costs relate to the total cost of the Department's debt recovery organisation, not just that which relates the administration of customer fraud and error debt. Note: Costs split between pre-recovery and recovery not available 2006-07 to 2008-09. Source: The figures provided are from Shared Services Debt Manager via Business Objects computer system and are subject to rounding. The figures are Management Information (MI) collected for the purpose of routine administration, and therefore have not been subjected to the rigorous quality assurance that is applied to DWP official statistics. 
		
	
	In 2010-11 an additional £3.5 million was spent as part of a spend to save initiative to facilitate additional recovery.

State Retirement Pensions

David Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 3 May 2011, Official Report, column 733W, on social security benefits, how much his Department paid in (a) attendance allowance, (b) bereavement benefits, (c) carer's allowance, (d) disability living allowance, (e) employment and support allowance, (f) incapacity benefit, (g) income support, (h) jobseeker's allowance, (i) pension credit, (j) severe disablement allowance and (k) winter fuel payments in the last year for which figures are available.

Chris Grayling: The requested benefit expenditure information was published on the internet on 21 April 2011 and a copy has been placed in the Library.
	The information can currently be found at the following internet address:
	http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd4/alltables_budget2010.xls

Unemployment: Young People

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of young people between 16 and 25 years were not in work, training or education in each local authority area in England and Wales in each year since 2007.

John Hayes: I have been asked to reply.
	Table 1 shows the number and percentage of people aged(1) 16 to 24 not in education, employment or training (NEET) in local authorities (LA) in England from 2007 to 2009, the latest year for which data are available and will be placed in the Libraries of the House. These estimates are from the Annual Population Survey.
	Please note that these estimates are subject to large sampling variability and should therefore be treated with caution and viewed in conjunction with their Confidence Intervals(2) (CIs), which give an indication of how accurate an estimate is. For example, the confidence interval for England of +/- 0.4% means that the true NEET percentage could lie up to 0.4 percentage points above or below the point estimate (between 14.0% and 14.8%).
	(1) Age used is the respondents' academic age, which is their age at the preceding 31 August.
	(2) Confidence intervals quoted are 95% confidence intervals.

Universal Credit

Karen Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in considering the options for child care support under universal credit, what analysis his Department has undertaken of the potential effects of levels of support on (a) lone parents, (b) parents of children aged under three years, (c) parents of school-age children, (d) families with two or more children and (e) child care providers.

Maria Miller: The Government have announced that support for child care costs will be provided in universal credit by an additional element, but said they will take further advice before deciding what rates to set.
	We are looking at different options, and have said that we will be discussing them with stakeholders over the coming weeks. The impact on different groups, in terms of levels of child care support and work incentives, and in the context of other provision and support available, will be considered as part of this. We are working closely with the Department for Education to take account of the impact on child care provision of different options.

Universal Credit

Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what IT contracts he has awarded for implementation of universal credit; what the name is of each successful bidder; how many bids his Department received for each such contract; what the monetary value is of each contract; what the expected timescale is for completing the work; and what outputs are expected.

Chris Grayling: We have obtained Contingency Funding Approval from HM Treasury to progress with design and development work ahead of Royal Assent of the Welfare Reform Bill.
	The service providers involved in the IT delivery for Universal Credit are currently: Accenture, Hewlett Packard and BT plus input from Agile specialists Emergn. These contracts have been awarded under existing departmental frameworks for IT Development. These contracts will provide the delivery of the IT components for Universal Credit.
	The monetary value of the contracts are commercially restricted under the terms of the framework agreements.
	The expected time scale for completion of the IT development is spring 2013 for live pathfinders and autumn 2013 for full availability of Universal Credit, pending consideration of transition models.

Universal Credit

Karen Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how he proposes to monitor the distribution of income within the household following the introduction of universal credit, as proposed in his Department's Equality Impact Assessment of the Welfare Reform Bill: Universal Credit.

Chris Grayling: The Department for Work and Pensions is committed to monitoring and evaluating its policies and universal credit will be no exception—it is considered good practice in informing policy delivery and design.
	We are currently considering our approach to monitoring and evaluation of universal credit, including the distribution of income within households, and will consider customer experiences of universal credit and its effects.
	The equality impact assessment for the White Paper ‘Universal Credit: Welfare that Works’ [Cm 7957] and the equality impact assessment published when the Welfare Reform Bill was introduced into Parliament outline a number of sources of evidence that the Department will use to monitor the universal credit. These might include administrative datasets, survey data, qualitative research and feedback, and internal management information. We will also continue to draw upon research conducted by academics and stakeholders.

Universal Credit

Karen Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how he proposes to ensure that notifications of entitlement and awards are clear under universal credit both on initial qualification for universal credit and after the taper has been applied on one occasion or more, as proposed in the Equality Impact Assessment of the Welfare Reform Bill: Universal Credit.

Chris Grayling: We are committed to involving customers in the design of universal credit. We have already had conversations with them to find out what information they would find helpful and how they would prefer the information to be presented and this feedback will influence the design of notifications, whether on-line or via other channels, to ensure they are easy to understand.

Universal Credit

Karen Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the earnings rules will be for individuals on contributory benefits in a couple entitled to universal credit.

Chris Grayling: As set out in the White Paper, the earnings rules for universal credit will be based on a single taper to withdraw support as earnings rise and a new approach to earnings disregards. The Government are still considering the level of the taper and disregards but the intention is that there will be only one disregard per couple.
	We also stated in the White Paper “Universal Credit: welfare that works” that the earnings rules for contributory jobseeker’s allowance and contributory employment and support allowance would be aligned with the universal credit earnings rules. For a couple who are entitled to UC, the effect will be that the universal credit rules will always determine the way that earnings affect the couple’s overall entitlement.

Welfare State: Reform

Liam Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to his Department's impact assessment on conditionality measures in the Welfare Reform Bill, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of proposed conditionality measures on levels of child poverty.

Maria Miller: For most people, work is the best route out of poverty. We believe that it is important that people who can take up paid employment are given help and encouragement to do so. Conditionality has an important role to play to help prevent parents from becoming distanced from the labour market, and therefore is reducing child poverty levels.
	For example, as set out in the recent impact assessment entitled ‘Conditionality Measures in the 2011 Welfare Reform Bill’, it is estimated that increased conditionality for lone parents with a youngest child aged five and six will result in 20,000 to 25,000 extra lone parents in work, which in turn could help reduce child poverty. Compared to a child of a lone parent who is not working, a child of a lone parent who works part-time is over 2.5 times less likely to be living in poverty. A child of a lone parent who works full-time is over four times less likely to be living in poverty(1).
	We have estimated that universal credit will have a substantial positive impact on poverty and could lift as many as 350,000 children out of relative income poverty. This is a combined impact of all measurable universal credit factors, and does not identify the specific impact of the conditionality or sanctions.
	(1) Households Below Average Income 2008/09. Comparisons based on 60% of median income Before Housing Costs.

Welfare State: Reform

Kate Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the contribution of the Minister for Employment to the Public Bill Committee on the Welfare Reform Bill of 5 April 2011, Official Report, column 378, what terms of reference he has set for the consideration by the Social Security Advisory Committee of the provision of free school meals within universal credit; what resources have been allocated to the committee to undertake this work; when he expects the committee to report its findings; whether these findings will be published; whether he plans to seek advice on these findings from the Social Justice Committee; and if he will make a statement.

Chris Grayling: Ministers will shortly be asking the Social Security Advisory Committee to carry out an independent review of passported benefits and the links with universal credit and we will produce a written ministerial statement with the terms of reference shortly.

BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND SKILLS

Arms Trade

John Stanley: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will publish the categories of transfers or sales of arms or components of arms by the Government or its agencies to (a) other governments, (b) organisations and (c) individuals overseas which are not published either on Government websites or on the United Nations or EU arms registers.

Mark Prisk: holding answer 26 April 2011
	Transfers or sales of arms by the Government or its agencies to other Governments, organisations or individuals overseas are already published in the Government's Annual Reports on Strategic Export Controls.

Environment Protection: Coventry

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will take steps to promote low carbon alternatives in businesses in Coventry.

Mark Prisk: UK businesses will lead the way in putting the economy on a low-carbon, resource efficient path. The Government's Roadmap to a Green Economy, to be published later this year, will provide businesses across the UK with the longer-term clarity they have been seeking on how we will help them bring about the transition.
	Coventry will be covered by a new Local Enterprise Partnership for Coventry and Warwickshire. Government will share information and work with the Partnership on low carbon opportunities. From October 2012, small businesses will be able to improve the energy efficiency of their properties at no upfront cost through the Government's Green Deal scheme.

Further Education: Manchester

Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what payments his Department and its agencies have made to (a) Manchester College, (b) Manchester College for Arts and Technology and (c) City College, Manchester since 1997; and for what purpose in each case.

John Hayes: Since 2003, the Department and its predecessors have made 24 payments to the Manchester College totalling £83,290. All of these payments related to course fees for various members of staff undertaking formal CIPD qualifications.
	No payments have been recorded to Manchester College for Arts and Technology or City College, Manchester.
	Figures prior to 2003 can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	I have approached the chief executives of the Insolvency Service, Companies House, the National Measurement Office, the Intellectual Property Office, UK Space Agency and the Skills Funding Agency and they will respond directly to my hon. Friend.
	Letter from Stephen Speed
	The Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has asked me to reply to your question, what payments his Department and its agencies have made to (a) Manchester College, (b) Manchester College for Arts and Technology and (c) City College, Manchester since 1997; and for what purpose in each case.
	The Insolvency Service, an Executive Agency of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills made the following payments for member(s) of staff who were training for CIPD Flexible Learning Programmes since 1997.
	
		
			  £ 
			 (a) The Manchester College  
			 2009/10 5,700 
			   
			 (b) The Manchester College for Arts and Technology  
			 2007/08 2,643 
			 2008/09 2,800 
		
	
	(c) City College, Manchester—No Payments were made.
	Letter from Peter Mason, dated 5 May 2011
	I am responding in respect of the National Measurement Office (formerly National Weights and Measures Laboratory) to your Parliamentary Question tabled on 4 May 2011 reference 2010/5285 to the Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, asking what payments his Department and its agencies have had made to (a) Manchester College, (b) Manchester College for Arts and Technology and (b) City College, Manchester since 1997; and for what purpose in each case.
	The National Measurement Office has not made any payments to the above organisations since 1997.
	Letter from Geoff Russell, dated 9 May 2011
	In response to your Parliamentary Question asking about what payments the Agency has made to: (i) Manchester College, (ii) Manchester College for Arts and Technology and (iii) City College, Manchester since 1997 and for what purpose in each case, I wish to inform you that the organisations listed above have now all merged into The Manchester College.
	The attached spreadsheet provides a breakdown of all the payments.
	
		
			 College Funding Summary 
			 Revenue 
			 £000 
			 College Year Further education  (1) Higher education Total 
			 The Manchester College 2009/10 149,920 5,917 155,837 
			  2008/09 118,519 3,751 122,270 
			      
			 City College, Manchester 2007/08(2) 72,716 1,669 74,385 
			  2006/07 65,776 1,820 67,596 
			  2005/06 34,941 1,516 36,457 
			  2004/05 26,494 1,661 28,155 
			  2003/04 28,486 1,406 29,892 
			  2002/03 25,755 1,399 27,154 
			  2001/02 24,218 1,313 25,531 
			  2000/01 17,372 1,261 18,633 
			  1999/2000(3) 15,863 0 15,863 
			  1998/99(3) 14,452 0 14,452 
			  1997/98 17,770 551 18,321 
			      
			 Manchester College of Arts and Technology 2007/08 40,350 1,826 42,176 
			  2006/07 35,619 2,337 37,956 
			  2005/06 34,128 1,270 35,398 
			  2004/05 32,934 1,205 34,139 
			  2003/04 30,427 1,115 31,542 
			  2002/03 26,178 945 27,123 
			  2001/02 23,276 725 24,001 
			  2000/01 21,260 650 21,910 
			  1999/2000(3) 18,603 0 18,603 
			  1998/99(3) 16,715 0 16,715 
			  1997/98 16,869 0 16,869 
			 (1) Further education incorporates, Youth, Adult, Employer, OLASS and other funding (2) Finance record for the college not received. Allocations data used (3) HE and other departmental funding not separately identified Source: College finance records 
		
	
	
		
			 Capital 
			 College Year Capital (£000) 
			 The Manchester College 2008/09 to 2009/10 2,021 
			 City College Manchester 2001/02 to 2007/08 6,493 
			 Manchester College of Arts and Technology 2001/02 to 2007/08 10,894 
		
	
	Letter from David Williams, dated 5 May 2011
	Thank you for your question addressed to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills asking what payments his Department and its agencies have made to (a) Manchester College, (b) Manchester College for Arts and Technology and (c) City College, Manchester since 1997; and for what purpose in each case. (54807)
	The UK Space Agency has made no payments to Manchester College, Manchester College for Arts and Technology or the City College, Manchester during this period.
	Letter from John Alty, dated 6 May 2011
	I am responding in respect of the Intellectual Property Office to your Parliamentary Question tabled 4th May 2011, to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
	The IPO has paid one invoice to Manchester College since 2005 (no earlier information available) for £2850 for the provision of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) training undertaken in 2009.
	Letter from Tim Moss, dated 6 May 2011
	I am replying on behalf of Companies House to your Parliamentary Question tabled 4 May 2011, UIN54807 to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.
	Companies House has never made any payments to Manchester College, Manchester College for Arts and Technology or City College, Manchester at all.

Marketing: Arts

Ivan Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to support the international marketing and promotion of the creative industries.

Mark Prisk: holding answer 9 May 2011
	The UK has one of the largest creative sectors in the world, contributing £17.3 billion in exports. UK Trade and Investment, working in partnership with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and industry partners will raise awareness of the UK's creative offer and use major showcasing events in the UK and overseas and trade missions to maximise the export and investment potential for this important area of the economy.

Postal Services

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 
	(1)  how many pieces of correspondence his Department received (a) supporting and (b) against privatisation of the Royal Mail in the last 12 months;
	(2)  how many pieces of correspondence his Department received (a) supporting and (b) against post office branch closures in the last 12 months.

Edward Davey: The Department receives large amounts of correspondence covering a wide range of topics relating to Royal Mail and the Post Office network. Many of these will have expressed views on Royal Mail privatisation or on the future of the Post Office network, but due to the broad nature of much of the correspondence it is not possible to categorise simply as for or against the Government's policy.

Prisoners: Education

Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what contracts (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies have had with (i) Manchester College, (ii) Manchester College for Arts and Technology and (iii) City College, Manchester for the provision of education in prisons since 1997.

John Hayes: Prior to 2005, contracts for the provision of education in prisons were let by Her Majesty's Prison Service, then an Executive Agency of the Home Office. Since 2005, contracts for the provision of education in public sector prisons in England have been let by the Learning and Skills Council and, latterly, the Skills Funding Agency and the Young People's Learning Agency. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and its predecessors have let no contracts to the Manchester College, the Manchester College for Arts and Technology or City College, Manchester for the provision of education in prisons.
	I have approached the chief executives of the Insolvency Service, Companies House, the National Measurement Office, the Intellectual Property Office, UK Space Agency and the Skills Funding Agency and they will respond directly to my hon. Friend.
	Letter from Stephen Speed
	The Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has asked me to reply to your question what, contracts (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies have had with (i) Manchester College, (ii) Manchester College for Arts and Technology and (Hi) City College, Manchester for the provision of education in prisons since 1997.
	The Insolvency Service, an Executive Agency of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has had no contracts with (a) Manchester College, (b) Manchester College for Arts and Technology and (c) City College, Manchester for the provision of education in prisons since 1997.
	Letter from Peter Mason, dated 5 May 2011
	I am responding in respect of the National Measurement Office (formerly National Weights and Measures Laboratory) to your Parliamentary Question tabled on 4 May 2011 reference 2010/5284 to the Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, asking what contracts (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies have had with (i) Manchester College, (ii) Manchester College for Arts and Technology and (iii) City College, Manchester for the provision of education in prisons since 1997.
	The National Measurement Office has not had any contracts with the above organisations for the provision of education in prisons since 1997.
	Letter from Geoff Russell, dated 6 May 2011
	Thank you for your question addressed to the Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what contracts (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies have had with (i) Manchester College, (ii) Manchester College for Arts and Technology and (iii) City College, Manchester for the provision of education in prisons since 1997.
	Prior to July 2005 education for offenders in public sector prisons in England was delivered by providers under contract to the Prison Service.
	A contract for £9,407,045 was let by the Learning and Skills Council for the delivery of offender learning in 6 Northwest prisons delivering the development phase of the learning and skills service (OLASS) in the academic year August 2005/July 2006.
	Following and open and competitive tendering process OLASS was rolled out to all public prisons in England from August 2006. A contract was let by the Learning and Skills Council to City College Manchester for £41,671,020 for the 2006/07 academic year in 36 prisons.
	In subsequent years the value of those contracts were as follows 07/08 £48,183,598, 08/09 £50,108,047. It is important to note that between August 2005 and July 2009 additional provision for the juvenile estate (those aged 15-17 yrs) were included in the contracts.
	Following the dissolution of the LSC the responsibility for juvenile education transferred to the YPLA.
	Following a further open and competitive tendering process the Learning and Skills Council let contract to The Manchester College for 70 prisons. The value of those contracts in 09/10 as £69,570,465 and in 20/11 was £72,812,708.
	Letter from David Williams, dated 6 May 2011
	Thank you for your question addressed to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills asking what contracts (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies have had with (i) Manchester College, (ii) Manchester College for Arts and Technology and (iii) City College, Manchester for the provision of education in prisons since 1997. (54806)
	The UK Space Agency has placed no contracts with Manchester College, Manchester College for Arts and Technology or the City College, Manchester during this period.
	Letter from John Alty, dated 6 May 2011
	I am responding in respect of the Intellectual Property Office to your Parliamentary Question tabled 4(th) May 2011, to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
	The IPO has not had any contracts with the above institutions for the provision of education in prisons since 2005. No records are available prior to this date.
	Letter from Tim Moss, dated 6 May 2011
	I am replying on behalf of Companies House to your Parliamentary Question tabled 4 May 2011, UIN54806 to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.
	Companies House has never had any contracts with Manchester College, Manchester College for Arts and Technology or City College, Manchester at all.

Startup Britain

Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the cost to the public purse was of the establishment of Startup Britain.

Mark Prisk: holding answer 28 April 2011
	Startup Britain is a business-led initiative receiving no public funds. The Government whole-heartedly endorsed the campaign at its launch on 28 March and used the launch of Startup Britain to highlight its own strategy to make the UK the very best place in the world to start and grow a business. The public contribution to the cost of staging this event was £8,012.70.

Supermarkets: Competition

John Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when he plans to take steps to establish a groceries code adjudicator.

Edward Davey: The draft Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill will be published for pre-legislative scrutiny shortly.

CULTURE MEDIA AND SPORT

Archaeology: Graduates

Gordon Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the effects of reductions in humanities funding on employment prospects for graduates in archaeology and related subjects.

John Penrose: Ministers from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and Business, Innovations and Skills have had meetings about the effects of reductions in funding on higher education but not about the specifics of employability for graduates in archaeology or related subjects. Future funding will increasingly flow from graduate contributions—that was the principle behind Lord Browne's recommendations. Universities will be able to secure an equivalent flow of income if their course provision remains attractive to students. Universities must consider, therefore, how to structure their arts courses in ways that make them as attractive as possible to students.

Arts: Disadvantaged

Ivan Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what steps his Department is taking to improve access to the arts amongst disadvantaged groups.

Jeremy Hunt: holding answer 9 May 2011
	Arts Council England (ACE) is responsible for improving access to the arts among disadvantaged groups.
	ACE has set out its commitment to the widest possible access for all of the country's communities in its 10 year manifesto ‘Achieving great art for everyone’. They are currently working on developing the practical actions required as an organisation to deliver this at regional, area and national levels.
	ACE also publishes an Annual Equality Review which reviews performance in race, gender and disability equality areas. By 2012 they will voluntarily produce a single equality scheme covering all the protected characteristics outlined in the Equality Act 2010 legislation.

British Sky Broadcasting

Ivan Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport when he plans to announce his decision on News Corporation's proposed acquisition of BSkyB.

Jeremy Hunt: holding answer 5 May 2011
	I will announce my decision after I have carefully considered the representations I have received on the undertaking in lieu.

Broadband

Ivan Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what recent progress he has made on the roll-out of fast speed broadband.

Jeremy Hunt: holding answer 9 May 2011
	The Government set out their broadband strategy in ‘Britain's Superfast Broadband Future’ on 6 December 2010. At the same time I announced that the next £50 million of funding from Broadband Delivery UK would be made available for bids in spring 2011.
	Since the publication of the strategy document BDUK has published guidance for local authorities on how to prepare local broadband plans and how to bid for the next wave of funds. The closing date for submission of bids was 18 April and I expect to announce the next locations to receive funding at the end of May.
	In addition, £10 million of funding was announced in February 2011 in support of broadband roll-out in North Wales and the procurement processes for the pilot project in Cumbria began in April 2011. The procurement processes for the other pilot projects will begin shortly.
	We have also held discussions with the industry on the series of policy interventions outlined in the strategy document encouraging infrastructure sharing in particular.
	In the recent Budget, the Government announced that enterprise zones would have superfast broadband available to them. We will also be issuing guidance on measures designed to facilitate and reduce the costs of broadband roll-out—microtrenching and streetworks.

Departmental Pensions

Steven Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be spent on staff pensions in each of the next five years.

John Penrose: In the financial year 2010-11, the Department's spend on pension contributions was 7.6% of the overall administration budget.
	The Department is not able to quantify the proportion of its administrative budget it expects to spend on staff pensions. It would be at a disproportionate cost to try and speculate on the numerous factors which would affect the proportion of budget spent.
	All permanent staff of the Department are members of the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PSCPS) unless they have opted for a stakeholder pension scheme. The Department makes monthly contributions to PSCPS to meet the accrued liability for service worked by staff.

Departmental Work Experience

Chi Onwurah: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what advice his Department provides to those wishing to (a) work as an intern, (b) undertake a work experience placement and (c) work as a volunteer in his Department.

John Penrose: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport does not run a work placement scheme. However, we do participate in Cabinet Office run schemes that set up work placements for high calibre graduates and undergraduates from under-represented groups.
	The Fast Stream Ethnic Minority Summer Development programme (SDP), and the Summer Placement scheme for Graduates with Disabilities (SPS), aims to address the under-representation of ethnic minorities and people with disabilities in the civil service, by offering them opportunities to experience working in Departments. Information regarding these schemes can be found on the fast steam website at the following link:
	http://faststream.civilservice.gov.uk/Summer-Diversity-Internships/
	Additionally, we recommend visiting our website using the following link:
	http://www.culture.gov.uk/about_us/our_sponsored_bodies/963.aspx
	which lists all of our sponsored bodies and other related organisations, who may have opportunities for work placements.

English Heritage: Bexley

David Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport which places of worship in (a) the London borough of Bexley and (b) London have received funding from (i) English Heritage and (ii) the Heritage Lottery Fund since 1997.

John Penrose: The information requested is not held by the Department and relates to matters that are the responsibility of English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery Fund.
	Accordingly, I have asked the chief executives of English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery Fund to write direct to the hon. Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford.
	Copies of the replies will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

English Heritage: Religious Buildings

David Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what proportion of grants awarded by (a) English Heritage and (b) the Heritage Lottery Fund have been spent on places of worship in each year since 1997.

John Penrose: The information requested is not held by the Department and relates to matters that are the responsibility of English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery Fund.
	Accordingly, I have asked the chief executives of English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery Fund to write direct to the hon. Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford.
	Copies of the replies will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

Football Licensing Authority

Ivan Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what plans he has to (a) retain the expertise and (b) carry out the functions of the Football Licensing Authority.

Jeremy Hunt: The Government intend to retain the functions and expertise of the Football Licensing Authority (or, if the Sports Grounds Safety Authority Bill is enacted, the Sports Grounds Safety Authority) but to transfer them to another body after 2012. We are currently seeking the necessary powers through the Public Bodies Bill and are considering which body would be an appropriate home for these important functions.

Gambling

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what recent discussions he has had with representatives of gambling authorities in overseas jurisdictions wishing to join the White List; and if he will make a statement.

John Penrose: Over the last year I have had discussions with the Jersey Gambling Commission and the Jersey Government about our review of the regulation of overseas based remote gambling and the possible implications for the White List.

Gaming Machines: Coastal Areas

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport 
	(1)  if he will take steps to provide assistance to seaside arcades at risk of closure; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  if he will estimate the number of seaside arcades operating gaming machines which will close in the next three years; and if he will make a statement.

John Penrose: Representations have been made by the amusement industry about the pressures being faced by seaside arcades operating gaming machines, but it is not possible from the information provided to estimate the number of businesses that might close in the next three years.
	Coastal destinations and attractions can make an important contribution to the Government's tourism strategy and VisitEngland have been working with the British Resorts and Destinations Association and the industry to develop a Seaside Resorts Action Plan which will be released in the summer. The Government are also looking at how we can reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens and I have been reviewing the maximum stake limit and premises entitlements for category B3 gaming machines with a view to providing some level of assistance to the British amusement industry. I hope to make an announcement soon on the outcome of that review.

Members: Correspondence

Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport when he plans to reply to the letter of 18 March 2011 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr P. Walsh.

Jeremy Hunt: I responded to the letter of 18 March 2011 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on 1 April 2010, which was emailed directly to his parliamentary office.
	I will arrange for another copy of this letter to be emailed to the right hon. Member.

Television

Ivan Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport when he plans to announce the preferred bidder for the National TV Spine to support local television.

Jeremy Hunt: We have received over 130 responses to the Local Media Action Plan from the public and industry. We are currently analysing these consultation responses and will be publishing a statement, addressing the issues raised and outlining the next steps for local TV, in due course.

JUSTICE

British Nationals Abroad: Terrorism

Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  when he plans to implement the provisions of the Crime and Security Act 2010 related to compensation for victims of terrorism overseas;
	(2)  what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of implementing the provisions of the Crime and Security Act 2010 related to compensation for victims of terrorism overseas.

Kenneth Clarke: The issue of compensation for victims of terrorism overseas is being considered alongside a review of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme and wider victims' services about which the Government expect to make an announcement before the summer recess.
	The provisions in the Crime and Security Act 2010 relate to a potential forward-looking compensation scheme, the cost of which would depend on the number and impact of future overseas terrorist attacks and the design of any scheme. It is not possible with any degree of accuracy to predict the cost of such a scheme.

Greater Manchester

Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what payments his Department and its agencies have made to (a) Manchester College, (b) Manchester College for Arts and Technology and (c) City College, Manchester since its inception; and for what purpose in each case.

Crispin Blunt: Since the formation of the Ministry of Justice in May 2007 the Department and its executive agencies have spent the following with The Manchester College:
	
		
			  £ 
			 Ministry of Justice  
			 2007-08 11,445.00 
			 2008-09 0 
			 2009-10 0 
			 2010-11 0 
			 2011-12 0 
			 Total 11,445.00 
			   
			 HM Courts and Tribunals Service  
			 2007-08 1,410.00 
			 2008-09 3,525.00 
			 2009-10 6,765.00 
			 2010-11 0 
			 2011-12 0 
			 Total 11,700.00 
		
	
	
		
			   
			 National Offender Management Service  
			 2007-08 55,142.83 
			 2008-09 210,105.49 
			 2009-10 1,900,872.30 
			 2010-11 3,338,550.87 
			 2011-12 48,487.27 
			 Total 5,553,158.76 
			   
			 Office of the Public Guardian  
			 2007-08 0 
			 2008-09 0 
			 2009-10 0 
			 2010-11 0 
			 2011-12 0 
			 Total 0 
		
	
	The Manchester College for Arts and Technology and City College, Manchester, merged to become The Manchester College on 1 August 2008. As a result of the merger, all payments made since May 2007 are recorded as being made to The Manchester College.
	It is not possible to provide a detailed list of the transactions and their purpose without incurring a disproportionate cost.
	The Manchester College provides professional development training to Ministry of Justice and HMCTS staff who are undertaking accredited courses with the Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX) and Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
	NOMS use The Manchester College to provide training services for prisoners and NOMS staff and services to improve employment prospects for offenders.

Information Commissioner

Caroline Nokes: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice for what reasons the Office of the Information Commissioner is unable to assess cases more than 12 months after the incident has occurred.

Jonathan Djanogly: The Information Commissioner's Office may take account of any undue delay on the part of an applicant when deciding whether to investigate a complaint. The ICO considers the individual circumstances of requesters when making such decisions.
	The ICO discharges its responsibilities independently of Government. It would not be appropriate for the Government to comment on the ICO's handling of any individual complaints.

Joint Enterprise

Esther McVey: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent representations he has received on the common law doctrine on joint enterprise.

Crispin Blunt: We have received a number of representations about joint enterprise law. These have included concerns that the law allows some gang members involved in the commission of offences to escape prosecution. Conversely, concerns have also been raised that other people have been convicted where their involvement in the activities of the group was not significant enough to warrant conviction for the offences in question.

Legal Aid: Domestic Violence

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his policy is on the availability of legal aid for victims of domestic violence who do not seek an initial non-molestation order but are subsequently required to appear in court in respect of residence and related matters.

Jonathan Djanogly: The Government's consultation paper “Proposals for the reform of Legal Aid in England and Wales” proposed retaining legal aid for private law family cases (which include residence matters) where there is objective evidence of domestic violence. The consultation sought views on the circumstances which might provide such evidence. We are currently considering the responses to the consultation and will publish our response to consultation in due course.

Legal Aid: Greater London

Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his estimate is of the change on the level of legal aid expenditure in London as a result of the implementation of proposed reforms.

Jonathan Djanogly: The impact assessments published alongside the consultation paper detail the potential impacts of the proposals. However, these do not consider any specific geographic areas, and there is no intention to conduct such an assessment.

Legal Aid: Greater London

Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much was spent on legal aid in London in 2009-10.

Jonathan Djanogly: Legal aid expenditure in London in 2009-10 was £583 million.
	London is determined by the location of the solicitor firm, except for Crown Court non-contracted cases, where the location of the court has been used. There are elements of spend, such as telephone advice, for which it is not possible to allocate a region. These are not therefore included.

Mediation

Aidan Burley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he has taken to (a) support and (b) promote the use of mediation services for disputes.

Jonathan Djanogly: The Government are committed to encouraging the public to resolve their issues out of court without recourse to public funds, using simpler, more informal remedies where they are appropriate.
	A new Pre-Application Protocol for Family Mediation Information and Assessment meetings came into effect on 6 April, This will help to promote awareness and understanding of mediation and begin to harmonise the position between self-funding and publicly funded individuals.
	In 2009-10, we spent £14.4 million pounds on publicly funded family mediations. In our recent legal aid consultation paper we proposed that most family private law proceedings—other than cases where domestic violence or forced marriage is involved and child abduction cases—be removed from the scope of legal aid. Crucially, however, as we believe that supporting families at their most difficult moments is vitally important, it is proposed that free mediation for the types of dispute that previously were in scope will continue to those who are eligible. This will mean that those vulnerable people who need support will be able to benefit from mediation.
	We also look forward to receiving the final recommendations from the independently-chaired Family Justice Review panel this autumn. This will help us to consider how the use of dispute resolution could be further encouraged across the family justice system.
	As far as civil justice is concerned, on 29 March we issued a consultation document “Solving disputes in the county courts: creating a simpler, quicker and more proportionate system”, which seeks views on a range of proposals to reform the civil justice system, including greater use of mediation.
	In particular, we are consulting on introducing automatic referral to mediation in small claims cases, and mediation information sessions in higher-value cases. This is to help people avoid the anxiety and expense of court where possible, although court will still be an option for those who mediation cannot help.
	This builds on the current service offered by the courts, where over each of the past two years some 10,000 small claims have been mediated with nearly three-quarters reaching successful conclusion. The vast majority of these mediations take place over the telephone—saving people the time and expense of having to attend a court.

Prisoners: Self-harm

Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  what definition of self-harming the Prison Service uses;
	(2)  how many instances of self-harming were reported on the prison estate in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 2009-10;
	(3)  how many instances of self-harming were reported in each prison in England and Wales in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 2009-10.

Crispin Blunt: Self-harm in prison custody is defined as
	“any act where a prisoner deliberately harms themselves irrespective of the method, intent or severity of any injury”.
	Annual numbers of self-harm incidents from 2004 to 2009 are publicly available on the Ministry of Justice website, as part of our Safety in Custody statistics. They can be accessed via the following link:
	http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/docs/safety-custody-self-harm-statistics-0710.xls
	Table 12 lists incidents by prison, by year. The relevant information for 2010 is currently in process for publication later this year.
	The Prison Service has recorded information on self-harm since the early 1990s but the focus was limited to the most serious incidents of self-harm. Since 2003, new procedures introduced the recording of all self-harm incidents, regardless of severity. This improvement resulted in a 60% increase in recording. Consequently, self-harm figures prior to 2004 are not comparable with those produced since.

Prisons: Manpower

Ian Lavery: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the (a) operational staffing requirement and (b) number of staff in post was for each grade of staff employed at each prison directly operated by HM Prison Service on 31March 2011.

Crispin Blunt: Information on the operational staffing requirement and staff in post for each grade of staff employed at each public sector Prison Service establishment on 31 March has been deposited in the House Library.

Social Security Benefits

Andrew Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what information his Department holds on the costs incurred by parties in the case of Arathoon v. the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (C/2005/0126).

Chris Grayling: I have been asked to reply.
	The Department for Work and Pensions holds records relating to the case of Arathoon v. the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in the Court of Appeal. The Department's records indicate that £8,218.23 was spent on the legal proceedings. This includes the appellant's legal costs in the Court of Appeal, but does not include work done by the Department's staff.

Social Services

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many independent social workers were appointed in care cases in each of the last three years.

Jonathan Djanogly: The information requested on the number of independent social workers appointed in care cases for each of the last three years is as follows:
	
		
			  2008 2009 2010 
			 Family proceedings courts (magistrates) 15 307 316 
			 County courts (1)32 138 156 
			 (1) Data in the county courts for 2008 cover the period April to December; data for January to March 2008 are not available.

DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER

Petitions: Electronic Government

Hazel Blears: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the effect on the accountability and transparency of Government of the suspension of the facility to submit petitions through the Downing street website.

Francis Maude: I have been asked to reply
	No specific assessment of the effects of the suspension of the electronic petitions site that was available through the Downing street website on accountability and transparency has been made.
	A new ePetitions website hosted by Directgov is planned to be available by the summer recess.

Voting Rights: Prisoners

Priti Patel: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether he has received notification of any proposal by the Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe to make a third party intervention under the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights in the case of Greens and MT v. UK pending judgment in the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights.

Mark Harper: I understand that the Commissioner made no such intervention. The Government sought to refer the Greens and MT judgment against the UK to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights. We are disappointed with the Court's decision not to reconsider the judgment. We are considering the next steps.

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Developing Countries: Maternity Services

Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his policy is on the commitment made at the G8 summit in 2010 to produce an accountability report to track progress towards the maternal and child health pledges made in the Muskoka Declaration.

Andrew Mitchell: The UK strongly supports the reproductive, maternal, newborn and under-five health pledges made in the Muskoka Declaration. We welcome the G8 decision to produce an accountability report in 2011 that focuses on health and food security.
	We are working with colleagues in the G8 Health Experts Group, the G8 Accountability Working Group, and the G8 Sherpa process to ensure that the 2011 Deauville Accountability Report assesses progress against all outstanding health commitments including those made at Muskoka in a clear, credible and transparent way.
	It is important that individual countries clarify what they are committed to under the Muskoka Initiative and give an indication, as far as possible, of how they plan to fulfil their commitments.

Global School Partnerships

David Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much funding his Department has provided to the London borough of Bexley for the Global School Partnerships scheme in the latest period for which figures are available.

Andrew Mitchell: Bexley council was awarded a £6,600 grant under the Global School Partnership (GSP) scheme to support 10 Bexley schools to link with 10 schools in the Ikeja Province in Nigeria on 25 August 2010. £5,280 of this grant has been paid out to support the costs of six exchange visits. The remaining £1,320 will be paid out when Bexley council submits its final report in November 2011.
	The GSP supports twinning between schools in the UK and those in the developing world. An independent assessment of the impact of GSP showed that pupils in the scheme have significantly higher knowledge of the challenges for developing countries and are more likely to have positive attitudes towards international development. DFID is currently completing a review of the use of aid funds in the UK to promote awareness of global poverty.

CABINET OFFICE

Departmental Manpower

Nick Brown: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what public sector job reduction targets have been set for his Department and its non-departmental public bodies for each of the next 24 months; and what steps he plans to take to meet such targets.

Francis Maude: The Government have not set targets for a reduction in the number of posts in the Cabinet Office or its non-departmental public bodies.
	Work force implications of the spending review settlement will depend on internal budget allocations and subsequent management decisions. However, for the Cabinet Office overall, the Department is expecting to reduce headcount by around 20% over the spending review period, which represents a reduction of between 300 and 400 posts from a baseline of 1,800.
	The Department expects much of this to be achieved through natural turnover. However, it has recently run a voluntary exit scheme which is expected to result in just under 200 exits. The Department has no current plans for further schemes.

Financial Ombudsman Service

Robert Buckland: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS); how many complaints are outstanding at the FOS; and how many such complaints have been waiting for a final decision for more than one month.

Mark Hoban: I have been asked to reply.
	The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is operationally independent of Government. In 2003 the FOS' public interest board committed to commissioning and publishing an independent external review every three years. The latest review, which is due this year, will be led by the National Audit Office and will report on the FOS' efficiency.
	I understand that at the end of April the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) had 138,611 open cases and that 10,070 of these cases had been waiting over a month for a final decision from an ombudsman.
	The number of cases referred for a final Ombudsman decision has increased by 50%. The FOS has been recruiting more ombudsmen to tackle this.

Members: Correspondence

Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when he plans to reply to the letter of 11 March 2011 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms C. Dean.

Nick Hurd: The information requested fell within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I asked the authority to reply.
	A reply was sent to the right hon. Member by the census director of the Office for National Statistics on 29 March.

Minimum Wage: Greater London

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people resident in each London borough receive the national minimum wage.

Nick Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
	Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated May 2011
	As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many people resident in each London borough receive the national minimum wage. (55221)
	Estimates for the number of jobs paid at the national minimum wage are not available from the Office for National Statistics. Estimates for the number of employee jobs paid below the national minimum wage are available, but only for all employee jobs by Government Office Region, which is the lowest geographical breakdown published by ONS. I attach a table showing the number of all employee jobs earning less than the national minimum wage for London and for the UK in April 2010, the latest period for which figures are available.
	A guide to measuring low pay and associated articles can be found on the National Statistics website at:
	http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=5837
	
		
			 Estimates of jobs paid below the national minimum wage for London and the UK in April 2010 
			  2010 
			  Thousand Per  cent  age 
			 London *22 *0.6 
			 UK 271 1.1 
			 Guide to quality: The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of a figure, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV—for example, for an average of 200 with a CV of 5%, we would expect the population average to be within the range 180 to 220. Key: * CV>5% and <=10% Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), Office for National Statistics 2010

Pensions: Complaints

Sajid Javid: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Pensions Regulator; how many complaints were outstanding at the Pensions Regulator on the latest date for which information is available; and how many such complaints had been waiting for a final decision for more than nine months.

Steve Webb: I have been asked to reply.
	The Pensions Regulator was set up in April 2005 with a new proactive and risk- based regulatory approach, placing greater emphasis on identifying and tackling real risks to members' benefits. There is ongoing assessment of the regulator's performance at both ministerial and official level. In addition, the regulator must submit an annual report on its activities to the Secretary of State, which is then laid before Parliament.
	The independent Hampton Implementation Reviews of Regulatory Bodies look at how well regulators are following the Hampton principles of better regulation and assess the characteristics of effective sanctions, as defined by the Macrory Review. The Hampton Report on the Pensions Regulator, published on 29 January 2010, had extremely positive findings: the review team concluded that the Hampton principles were thoroughly embedded in the regulator's work, both at strategic and operational levels.
	At 3 May, the latest date for which information is available, the regulator had two complaints outstanding. Both of these were within the regulator's 20-day deadline for responding. There were no complaints which had been outstanding for more than nine months.

Rural Areas

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the status is of the Commission for Rural Communities; and if he will make a statement.

Richard Benyon: I have been asked to reply.
	The Cabinet Office is responsible for leading and co-ordinating the overall programme for Public Bodies reform, while Departments are responsible for decisions on individual bodies.
	The Commission for Rural Communities is listed in Schedule 1 to the Public Bodies Bill as the Government are seeking a power to abolish the body subject to necessary legislative and consultative processes, and the consent of Parliament. Meanwhile, the Commission will continue to exercise its statutory functions.
	I refer my hon. Friend to the written ministerial statement I made on 1 April 2011, Official Report, column 41-42WS, which describes the way the Commission will operate and its relationship with the new Rural Communities Policy Unit in DEFRA.

Voting Rights: Prisoners

Priti Patel: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will request the administration of the European Court of Human Rights to amend the factsheet of the European Court of Human Rights entitled Prisoners' Right to Vote published in February 2011 to include reference to (a) the outcome of the division on the motion on Voting by Prisoners of 10 February 2011, Votes and Proceedings, No. 115 and (b) the arguments addressed in the UK against granting prisoners the right to vote.

Mark Harper: Factsheets are compiled, by theme, by the Council of Europe's (CoE) Press Service on the European Court of Human Right's case-law and pending cases. Their content is a matter for the CoE.
	The Information Note is available on the Committee of Ministers' website:
	https://wcd.coe.int/wcd/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1753877 &Site=CM&BackColorInternet=C3C3C3&BackColor Intranet=EDB021&BackColorLogged=F5D383

INDEPENDENT PARLIAMENTARY STANDARDS AUTHORITY COMMITTEE

Members: Insurance

Bob Russell: To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, 
	(1)  if he will urge the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority to publish guidance on the general subject headings under which claims may be made by hon. Members for insurance premiums relating to staff employment litigation;
	(2)  to what extent the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority will accept claims from hon. Members for reimbursement of expenditure incurred on insurance premiums relating to staff employment litigation; and what the maximum sum is that can be claimed for the purchase of such insurance.

Charles Walker: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. I have asked IPSA to reply.
	Letter from Scott Woolveridge
	As acting Chief Executive of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions asking whether IPSA will publish guidance for MPs claiming reimbursement of premia for legal expenses insurance under the MPs' Expenses Scheme.
	Legal Expenses Insurance (which may cover costs associated with staff employment litigation) is claimable from the Office Costs Expenditure budget. This budget is capped at £24,000 for London Area MPs and £21,500 for non-London Area MPs. All claims for such premia must meet the rules of the Scheme and the evidence requirements.
	As MPs have discretion over claims for costs which meet the conditions of the Office Costs Expenditure budget, IPSA does not intend to provide further guidance to MPs on this matter.

HEALTH

CJD: Disease Control

Paul Beresford: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent on research into (a) prion decontamination and (b) variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease blood tests in each year for which figures are available.

Simon Burns: Available figures for expenditure from the Department's central research and development budgets on research relating to prion decontamination and variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (vCJD) blood tests are shown in the following table.
	
		
			 £ million 
			  2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 
			 Prion decontamination 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 
			 vCJD blood tests 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.4

Heart Diseases

Derek Twigg: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  how much the NHS spent on (a) elective and (b) emergency admissions for acute myocardial infarction in (i) each primary care trust and (ii) England in each of the last three years for which data are available;
	(2)  how much the NHS spent on acute myocardial infarction in (a) each primary care trust and (b) England in each of the last three years for which data are available;
	(3)  what the repeat admission rate for acute myocardial infarction was in (a) each primary care trust and (b) England in each of the last three years for which data are available.

Simon Burns: The information requested is not held centrally.
	Further information about acute myocardial infarction is available from the Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project at:
	www.rcplondon.ac.uk/resources/myocardial-ischaemia-national-audit-project-minap

NHS Future Forum

John Cryer: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  what listening exercise events the NHS Future Forum plans to undertake before the end of the consultation;
	(2)  what listening exercise events the NHS Future Forum has held to date.

Simon Burns: The NHS Future Forum is participating in a number of meetings and discussions throughout the listening period. Over 200 such opportunities have already been arranged over the two month period, involving a wide range of participants from across the national health service, local government, third sector and beyond. Host organisations for upcoming events will be publicising these as they feel most appropriate through their usual channels.
	We will publish a weekly update on who Forum members have been hearing from, available through the Modernisation of Health and Care website at:
	www.dh.gov.uk/healthandcare
	Additionally, details of all the Listening events held, including dates, location and audience, will be released alongside the NHS Future Forum's report.

Radiotherapy: Finance

Tessa Munt: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to section 6.12 of his Department's report on Improving outcomes: a strategy for cancer 
	(1)  which NHS hospital trusts have applied for additional investment for radiotherapy in 2011-12;
	(2)  what criteria he proposes for hospitals to be eligible for additional investment for radiotherapy;
	(3)  what estimate he has made of the proportion of additional investment for radiotherapy which will be available during the current financial year.

Paul Burstow: “Improving Outcomes:” A Strategy for Cancer sets out our commitment to expand radiotherapy capacity by investing over £150 million in additional funding over the next four years. This will support increased utilisation of existing equipment, establish new services to increase capacity in some areas and ensure that all high priority patients with a need for proton beam therapy treatment get access to it abroad.
	This additional funding was included in the financial settlement for the spending review (SR) period 2011-12 to 2014-15 and will be included in primary care trust baseline allocations, alongside the existing funding for radiotherapy. Around 10%, of the additional funding across the SR period is due to be made available in 2011-12.
	The “NHS Operating Framework 2011-12” states that the national health service is expected to implement the new cancer strategy and that commissioners should develop plans to ensure that local populations have appropriate access to radiotherapy treatment.

Suicide

Madeleine Moon: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 1 February 2011, Official Report, column 765W, on suicide, when he plans to publish his Department's suicide prevention strategy.

Paul Burstow: We are postponing the publication of the suicide prevention strategy to take into account changes made to the national health service modernisation programme, as a result of the Government's NHS listening exercise and the report from the NHS future forum.

ENVIRONMENT FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Animals: Slaughterhouses

Mike Freer: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the number of animals (a) slaughtered without stunning and (b) which suffered a mis-stunning in the last year for which figures are available.

James Paice: The most recent data on the slaughter of animals without prior stunning was published in March 2004 by the Meat Hygiene Service in its Animal Welfare Review. The data was collected through a survey of meat plants between 1 and 7 September 2003. The following table shows the number of animals killed over that period without prior stunning for the production of kosher and halal meat:
	
		
			 Species Not stunned 
			 Cattle 365 
			 Calves 8 
			 Young lambs 6,845 
			 Other sheep 11,454 
			 Goats 62 
			 Broilers 167,745 
			 Hens 15,900 
			 Turkeys 749 
		
	
	
		
			 Ducks 610 
		
	
	More recent data collected by the EU Dialrel project:
	http://www.dialrel.eu/images/factsheet-assesment-practices.pdf
	shows that, of the UK abattoirs surveyed, 100% of the animals and birds slaughtered for the production of kosher meat were slaughtered without prior stunning. For halal meat, 25% of cattle and 7% of sheep were slaughtered without prior stunning. The Dialrel data also indicates that no poultry were slaughtered for halal production without stunning.
	There is no data available on mis-stunning.

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will place in the Library a copy of (a) advice officials have provided to Ministers in her Department and (b) information held by her Department on the granting of licences to volunteers to shoot badgers in areas affected by bovine tuberculosis; and if she will make a statement.

James Paice: It is not usual practice for officials' advice to Ministers to be published in the House Library.
	The consultation document published in September 2010 was placed in the House Library and outlines the Government's proposal for a badger control policy, including the granting of culling licences.
	I must emphasise that no decision has yet been taken on whether to permit badger culling. We received a large number of responses to our recently concluded consultation, which we are considering carefully. This is a difficult and sensitive issue and we need to get it right. We will announce our decision as part of a comprehensive and balanced TB eradication programme for England, as soon as possible.

Common Fisheries Policy

Guto Bebb: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions her Department has had on reform of the common fisheries policy.

Richard Benyon: As UK Fisheries Minister I, and my officials, have had discussions with a range of organisations and people about common fisheries policy (CFP) reform. These include the EU Commission and other members states at the Fisheries Council on 14 April. We have also met representatives of the fishing industry—both large scale and under 10 metre fleets, retailers, and non-government organisations.
	We plan to have further discussions in pressing our case for radical reform of the CFP.

Countryside: Access

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many miles of public access network have been available in each of the last three years; and how many are forecast to be available in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14; and if she will make a statement.

Richard Benyon: The management of public rights of way is the responsibility of local highway authorities in England. The Government do not gather annual figures on the public access network, but it is estimated that in England there are currently approximately 119,550 miles of public rights of way comprising: footpaths (91,250 miles); bridleways (22,250 miles); restricted byways (3750 miles); and byways open to all traffic (2,300 miles). Further public access in the countryside is available, for example under agri-environment schemes and permissive access granted by the landowner.

Departmental Manpower

Barry Gardiner: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the most recent previous employment was of senior staff newly employed on fixed-term contracts in her Department since May 2010.

Richard Benyon: The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has appointed two senior staff on fixed-term appointments since May 2010. Before joining DEFRA, the most recent employment of one was as a Director of Hyder Consulting and the other as Head of Biological and Biomedical Sciences at Durham University.

Departmental Pensions

Steven Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of her Department's budget she expects to be spent on staff pensions in each of the next five years.

Richard Benyon: The following table shows pension contributions for the core Department and its executive agencies, expressed as a percentage of DEFRA's total DEL budget for 2011-12 until 2014-15.
	
		
			  Percentage 
			 2011-12 1.93 
			 2012-13 1.66 
			 2013-14 1.78 
			 2014-15 1.88 
		
	
	These figures are based on analysis undertaken for the spending review and, as such, are subject to variation based on the actual numbers and profile of staff that leave over that period. There are no figures available for 2015-16, as no DEL budget has been agreed beyond the current spending review period.

Departmental Plants

Luciana Berger: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much her Department has spent on indoor and outdoor plants and trees since her appointment.

Richard Benyon: The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for the period of May 2010 to February 2011 has incurred expenditure of £5,070 on indoor and outdoor plants. This includes four of our agencies, Animal Health, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Rural Payments Agency, the Food and Environment Research Agency and the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science and two non-departmental public bodies, Natural England and the Marine Management Organisation.
	It should be noted that as part of our efficiency drive the provision of internal planting is being written out of the grounds maintenance contract.

Departmental Rail Travel

Roger Godsiff: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many first class rail journeys were undertaken by staff in her Department between April 2010 and April 2011; and what the total cost was of such journeys.

Richard Benyon: The information is as follows:
	
		
			  Number £ 
			 Department for Environment, Food And Rural Affairs 643 130,973 
			 Animal Health 18 2,273 
			 Veterinary Laboratories Agency 42 7,217 
			 Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science 14 2,684 
			 Rural Payments Agency 251 52,532 
			 Rpa UK Co-ordinating Body 37 11,825 
			 Veterinary Medicines Directorate Nil Nil 
			 Food and Environment Research Agency 53 5,162 
		
	
	Core DEFRA:
	Of the total cost of the core DEFRA journeys, 81% of this spend was incurred during the first three months of the year with significant reductions in volume and cost of first class travel being made in the following nine months.
	The data above is from the departments travel management supplier and does not include 1st class journeys that may have been taken, paid for by their own resources and claimed by staff through the expenses system. In addition, the figures do not include expense claims by staff for upgrades to 1st class. To identify and validate individual expenses transactions would incur disproportionate cost.
	CEFAS :
	These include journeys undertaken in the fulfilment of non-government customer contracts, Animal Health—All these journeys occurred before 4 June 2010.
	FERA :
	Most of these journeys were either reimbursed by the customer as part of a project or on other occasions were the lowest possible fare for that journey.
	RPA :
	Of the total cost of the RPA journeys, 87% of this spend was incurred during the first three months of the year with significant reductions in volume and cost of first class travel being made in the following nine months.
	For the first class rail journeys undertaken by staff in the UK Co-ordinating Body between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2011, full reimbursement of £10,608.59 for 26 of these journeys was made by the European Commission. The cost of the remaining 11 journeys was £1,216.30. This spend was incurred during the first three months of the year and there was nil expenditure on first class travel in the remaining nine months of the year.

Elephants: Ivory

Meg Munn: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps her Department is taking to discourage future legal ivory sales within the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species framework.

Richard Benyon: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts) on 4 May 2011, Official Report, column 784W.

Elephants: Ivory

Meg Munn: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what support her Department is providing through international organisations to reduce the level of poaching of elephants in Central and West Africa.

Richard Benyon: The UK as a party to the convention on international trade in endangered species (CITES) supports its efforts to maintain or enhance countries' enforcement capabilities. In the second half of May, the UK will be participating in a CITES-organised rhino and elephant enforcement task force meeting which will exchange intelligence reports and methodologies and develop strategies to tackle the illegal trade in both animals across their ranges.

Fisheries: East of England

Charles Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment she has made of the effects of cormorant predation on recreational and commercial fisheries in the East of England; and if she will make a statement.

Richard Benyon: There have been no recent scientific assessments of the effects of cormorant predation on recreational and commercial fisheries in the east of England. However, licences to shoot cormorants, typically as an aid to scaring, are issued on a case by case basis at sites where there is evidence of serious damage to fisheries or a risk of serious damage occurring. In the most recent licensing period for which statistics are available (September 2009 to April 2010), 44 such licences, permitting a total of 211 cormorants to be killed, were issued in the east of England.
	I announced at the Angling and Fisheries Summit on the 25 January 2011 that the Government are to review the current licensing regime for cormorants. It is important to ensure the licensing regime delivers the conservation benefits needed, while also ensuring that where fish stocks are threatened swift action can be taken.

Forests

Mary Creagh: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs who was responsible for drafting the consultation document on the future of the public forest estate in England; and what contribution staff in (a) the Forestry Commission and (b) her Department made to the drafting.

James Paice: holding answer 9 May 2011
	The Forestry Commission and DEFRA provided advice and jointly drafted the consultation document. The Forestry Commission produced the design and layout of the final document.

Rabbits

Adrian Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make it her policy to ensure that her Department collects and publishes statistics on rabbit farming in a manner similar to statistics for other farmed species.

James Paice: Levels of rabbit production are too low to justify the collection and publication of statistics in a manner similar to other farmed species.

Seas and Oceans

Brandon Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of the seabed off the coastline of the UK has been mapped.

Richard Benyon: Approximately 10% of the UK continental shelf is mapped from survey data. The remaining 90% is derived from habitat modelling.

Trees: Diseases

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the effects on forests of diseases affecting pine trees; what research her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on such diseases; what steps she is taking to prevent their spread; and if she will make a statement.

James Paice: The most significant disease of pines in England is red band needle blight caused by a fungal pathogen. This disease was first reported in the 1950s, when it was rare, but the disease has become more widespread since the late 1990s. The Forestry. Commission has carried out extensive forest surveys over the last 10 years and the disease is now found across the whole of Britain.
	The Forestry Commission’s research programme-includes annual disease surveys, increasing our understanding of the fungal biology to aid management decisions, tests on the susceptibility of alternative species, and studying the impact of changing forest management practices on the incidence and severity of the disease.
	A full pest risk assessment has been undertaken. The disease is most damaging on Corsican and lodgepole pine, while the native Scots pine is moderately susceptible. The impact of the disease is to reduce tree growth rates, which can occasionally result in mortality.
	There is a moratorium on planting Corsican pine on the public forest estate and the use of lodgepole pine is minimal. Future policy and research is directed by a Great Britain programme board that includes representation from the forest industry.

ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Carbon Emissions

Robin Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether he expects the extension targets contained within Statutory Instrument No. 1958 (2010) concerning the Electricity and Gas Act (Carbon Emissions Reduction) Amendment Order 2010 will be met by the stated date; and if he will make a statement.

Gregory Barker: Yes, the statutory targets on suppliers enforced under this legislation were set to be challenging but achievable. In the most recent update on progress to December 2010, the scheme administrators Ofgem reported that suppliers had achieved 62% of the target of 293 million tonnes of lifetime carbon dioxide savings which suggests that they are on track to deliver 100% before December 2012.

Climate Change: Export Credit Guarantees

Zac Goldsmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether his Department has provided information to the Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) on the effects on climate change of the businesses supported by the ECGD.

Gregory Barker: DECC has not provided information to ECGD on the effects on climate change of the business it has supported in the past. DECC is consulted when ECGD is asked to support new projects which have been categorised as having high potential environmental impacts (Category A) as defined in the OECD Recommendation on Common Approaches on the Environment and Officially Supported Export Credits which regulates the basis upon which Export Credit Agencies address environmental, social and human rights impacts of projects.

Environment Protection

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent steps his Department has taken to support a transition towards a low carbon economy.

Gregory Barker: The Government are committed to creating the right framework for businesses to drive growth in the low-carbon economy.
	The recent Plan for Growth set out a number of measures specifically designed to support the UK's transition to a low carbon economy. These include the introduction of a carbon price floor from April 2013 to encourage greater investment in low carbon power; funding of Carbon Capture and Storage demonstration plant from general taxation; supporting the infrastructure development needed to enable the transition through the Green Investment Bank; and promoting the development of new markets for green goods and services through measures such as the Green Deal, installation of smart meters, the Renewable Heat Incentive, Feed-in Tariffs, incentives to reduce the up-front costs of ultra-low emission vehicles and leveraging the Government's public procurement power to drive these markets.

Environment Protection

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent steps his Department has taken with its international counterparts to support a transition to a low carbon global economy.

Gregory Barker: The Department engages in multiple energy and climate change fora, including bilateral and multilateral initiatives, in support of a move to a low carbon global economy.
	Through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and other informal dialogues, the Department engages in the negotiations on the key issues towards delivering an ambitious global agreement on climate change, essential in underpinning the transition to a global low carbon economy.
	Other relevant work includes our involvement in the International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation (IPEEC), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) and the Clean Energy Ministerial.
	As an example, on 6 and 7 April 2011 the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, my right hon. Friend the Member for Eastleigh (Chris Huhne), attended the Clean Energy Ministerial in Abu Dhabi, a high-level forum to promote policies and programmes that advance clean energy technology and encourage the transition to a global clean energy economy. Participating governments account for more than 80% of global energy consumption and a similar percentage of the market for clean energy technologies.

Environment Protection

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what incentives his Department provides for businesses to adopt low carbon alternatives.

Gregory Barker: The following incentives are available for businesses seeking to adopt low carbon alternatives:
	Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) provide financial support for small-scale, low-carbon electricity generation from eligible technologies.
	Enhanced Capital Allowances (ECAs) provide businesses with 100% tax relief on qualifying energy-saving equipment in the same tax year as the purchase is made.
	The Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency scheme provides a mix of financial and reputational drivers to encourage large public and private sector organisations to improve their energy efficiency.
	The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) announced in March, will also provide a financial incentive for businesses to install renewable heating such as biomass boilers, heat pumps and solar thermal panels, thereby reducing their dependence on fossil fuels.
	In the future, the Green Deal (GD) will encourage businesses to make energy efficiency improvements financed through savings from energy bills.

Environment Protection

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage households to reduce their levels of carbon dioxide emissions.

Gregory Barker: The Government are already encouraging households to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions through a range of current and proposed policies. The Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP) and recently extended Carbon Emission Reduction Target (CERT), both running to the end of 2012 have significant targets to reduce emissions.
	This will all pave the way for the Green Deal, set out in the Energy Bill which is currently passing through the Commons. Under this innovative scheme, millions could enjoy warmer homes, save on their energy bills and reduce carbon emissions in the process.
	The mass rollout of smart meters in homes from 2014 to 2019 will give consumers near real-time information on energy consumption to help them understand and reduce their energy use.
	Furthermore, Feed in Tariffs and the planned Renewable Heat Incentive in support of Microgeneration will support households to reduce their carbon footprint.

North Sea Oil

Madeleine Moon: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will suspend the consideration of licence applications for deepwater drilling in UK waters until the Oil Spill Prevention and Response Advisory Group publishes its final report; and if he will make a statement.

Charles Hendry: The Oil Spill Prevention and Advisory Group aims to identify and address cross industry issues with respect to well control and oil spill response in the UK in the light of information from the Macondo accident. Government are fully involved in and supports this work. There is nothing to suggest there is a case for suspending the consideration of licence applications for deepwater drilling in UK waters, or for suspending drilling operations, pending the results of this work, or of other relevant investigations or reviews.
	We already have one of the most robust environmental and safety regimes in the world, and all new drilling operations are subject to detailed case by case scrutiny by my Department and the Health and Safety Executive. Nevertheless, we are not complacent and continue to look for improvements. Which is why we have launched an overall review of our regulatory regime which will report later this year.

WALES

Enterprise Zones

Nick Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what recent discussions she has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on the establishment of enterprise zones in Wales.

David Jones: The Secretary of State for Wales, my right hon. Friend the Member for Chesham and Amersham (Mrs Gillan), had initial discussions with the First Minister on the day of the Budget and has since written to him on two occasions setting out our commitment to work with the Welsh Assembly Government to establish enterprise zones in Wales.
	Both the Secretary of State and I will continue to champion the creation of enterprise zones in Wales with the Welsh Assembly Government now the Welsh elections have concluded.

Devolution Funding

John Howell: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what progress has been made on the Government's commitment to undertake a process similar to the Calman Commission on devolution funding; and if she will make a statement.

Cheryl Gillan: Following the ‘yes’ vote in the referendum on further powers, we have been giving careful thought to the scope and form of such a process. It is something that I intend to discuss as soon as possible with the First Minister now that the elections to the National Assembly have taken place.

EDUCATION

Departmental Conflict of Interests

Stella Creasy: To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will publish the guidance on conflicts of interest issued by his Department to members of independent review panels.

Nick Gibb: As set out in the regulation policy statement provided to the Education Committee on 7 March 2011, regulations will prescribe how independent review panels are to be established and the procedures that they will follow. They will cover the constitution, training requirements and ensuring of members' impartiality. We will consult further on details of the regulations in due course. In addition to this, the Department will also include a section on independent review panels in revised exclusion guidance when appropriate.

Education Maintenance Allowance

Nicholas Dakin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education from which of his Department's budgets the funding for the 16-19 bursary and discretionary fund will be drawn.

Nick Gibb: holding answer 4 May 2011
	Funding for the 16-19 bursary (including the discretionary element) will be drawn from the budget for 16-19 financial support. In addition, as part of the budget discussions, the Department agreed a call on Treasury reserves for a minority of the funding to help with the new bursary scheme.

Education System

David Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent representations he has received from hon. Members representing Welsh constituencies on his proposals to reform the education system in England.

Nick Gibb: Since the start of the parliamentary year, the Department has received around a 100 letters from hon. Members representing Welsh constituencies. Just over half of the letters focused primarily on schools policy, and terms and conditions for the school workforce was the most common subject. Statutory requirements for school teachers' pay and conditions in maintained schools are set out in national policy and frameworks covering England and Wales.
	Other letters asked for Ministers' comments or response to a constituent's concern about specific aspects of (devolved) education policy. In a small number of cases, constituents or hon. Members noted that policies would not apply in Wales, but were concerned about the implications for people who live near the border, or concerned that the policy for England might set a precedent which would then be followed in Wales and so asked for a UK Government response.
	The Secretary of State for Education, my right hon. Friend the Member for Surrey Heath (Michael Gove), has not held formal meetings with any of the hon. Members representing Welsh constituencies since the start of the parliamentary year.
	Hon. Members representing Welsh constituencies have asked 145 parliamentary questions and the hon. Members for Arfon (Hywel Williams) and Cardiff West (Kevin Brennan) were members of the Commons Education Bill Committee. Parliamentary questions and answers are available from Hansard, as are records of debate in the Bill Committee.

Education: Assessments

Andrew Bridgen: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much was paid to examination boards by maintained schools in each of the last five years.

Nick Gibb: holding answer 28 April 2011
	The information is given in the following table.
	
		
			  Examination fees (£) 
			 2009/10 304,936,805 
			 2008/09 282,992,325 
		
	
	
		
			 2007/08 265,305,320 
			 2006/07 240,861,264 
			 2005/06 220,055,512

Further Education: Catering

Nicholas Dakin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 26 April 2011, Official Report, column 285W, on further education: catering, whether he has received reports of any (a) further education and (b) sixth form colleges that do not have (i) kitchens and/or (ii) cafeterias.

Nick Gibb: During discussions with sixth form college and further education college principals we have been made aware that some do not have kitchens and/or cafeterias on all sites. Furthermore, many training providers would not have such facilities for their students.

GCE A-Level

Elizabeth Truss: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of GCE A-level students were entered for GCE A-level (a) mathematics and (b) one or more foreign languages in (i) comprehensive schools, (ii) selective schools, (iii) independent schools and (iv) sixth form colleges in the latest period for which figures are available.

Nick Gibb: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 5 April 2011, Official Report, column 786W. GCE A-level was based on "modern foreign languages". For consistency, the "foreign languages" part of this question has been answered on the same basis, which also reflects the data as published in the departmental Statistical First Releases (SFRs).
	The information requested is shown in the following table:
	
		
			   Number of GCE A-level students who were entered for Percentage of GCE A-level students who were entered for 
			 School type Number of students taking GCE A-levels Mathematics One or more foreign languages Mathematics One or more foreign languages 
			 Comprehensive schools 124,846 26,790 8,432 21 7 
			 Selective schools 22,006 8,251 2,856 37 13 
			 Independent schools 35,245 13,425 6,806 38 19 
			 Sixth-form colleges 52,641 11,178 3,277 21 6 
			 Notes: 1. Figures include ungraded, no award (absent/declined) and pending entries. 2. Students get counted once if they have done more than one A-level in any subject category. 3. Figures are derived from data collected for the 2010 Performance tables.

GCE A-Level

Elizabeth Truss: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of GCSE A-level students were entered for at least three GCSE A-levels in (a) mathematics, (b) English literature, (c) further mathematics, (d) biological sciences, (e) physics, (f) chemistry, (g) geography, (h) history and (i) a modern foreign language in (i) comprehensive schools, (ii) selective schools, (iii) independent schools and (iv) sixth form colleges (A) nationally and (B) in each local education authority in the most recent period for which figures are available.

Nick Gibb: holding answer 9 May 2011
	The information requested has been placed in the House Libraries.

GCSE

Charlotte Leslie: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of children (a) in receipt of and (b) not in receipt of free school meals attained GCSE grade G or above in (i) English, (ii) Mathematics, (iii) Science, (iv) History, (v) Geography and (vi) an ancient or modern language in each local authority in the last academic year for which figures are available.

Nick Gibb: The information requested has been placed in the House Libraries.

Higher Education: Teachers

Gareth Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many places there were at each higher education institution in England for initial teacher training in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; what his estimate is of the number of such places in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14; and if he will make a statement.

Nick Gibb: holding answer 4 May 2011
	The numbers of mainstream initial teacher training places allocated to higher education institutions in England for each of the academic years 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12 (as at 1 May 2011 and may be subject to minor change) are in the table.
	
		
			  2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 
			 Anglia Ruskin University 297 315 241 
			 Bath Spa University 495 479 401 
			 Birmingham City University 535 558 501 
			 Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln 377 401 401 
			 Bradford College 321 320 300 
			 Brunei University 342 325 293 
			 Canterbury Christ Church University 1197 1273 975 
			 Central School of Speech and Drama 36 32 18 
			 Edge Hill University 1332 1375 1206 
			 Goldsmiths University 498 504 387 
			 Institute of Education, University of London 1041 960 837 
			 Keele University 212 231 198 
			 King's College London 214 215 190 
			 Kingston University 303 309 284 
			 Leeds Metropolitan University 253 253 242 
			 Leeds Trinity University College 319 287 268 
			 Liverpool Hope University 816 812 710 
			 Liverpool John Moores University 514 543 365 
			 London Metropolitan University 295 308 266 
			 London South Bank University 240 257 218 
			 Loughborough University 130 129 97 
			 Manchester Metropolitan University 1179 1174 1025 
			 Middlesex University 486 490 388 
			 Newman University College 498 453 412 
			 Northumbria University 294 288 308 
		
	
	
		
			 Nottingham Trent University 433 393 356 
			 Oxford Brookes University 476 507 470 
			 Roehampton University 706 689 636 
			 Sheffield Hallam University 738 778 628 
			 St Mary's University College, Twickenham 572 557 505 
			 Staffordshire University 52 51 41 
			 The Open University 216 253 200 
			 University College Birmingham 30 34 41 
			 University College Plymouth St Mark and St John 415 394 350 
			 University of Bath 178 166 152 
			 University of Bedfordshire 482 511 402 
			 University of Birmingham 330 344 316 
			 University of Brighton 681 728 615 
			 University of Bristol 247 242 208 
			 University of Cambridge 439 439 390 
			 University of Chester 290 276 255 
			 University of Chichester 427 438 393 
			 University of Cumbria 1312 1413 1261 
			 University of Derby 183 198 210 
			 University of Durham 383 369 323 
			 University of East Anglia 352 351 336 
			 University of East London 448 476 424 
			 University of Exeter 597 592 522 
			 University of Gloucestershire 493 463 363 
			 University of Greenwich 488 490 325 
			 University of Hertfordshire 401 412 385 
			 University of Huddersfield 175 169 116 
			 University of Hull 384 392 368 
			 University of Leeds 359 360 305 
			 University of Leicester 312 309 284 
			 University of Manchester 378 388 344 
			 University of Newcastle 250 232 207 
			 University of Northampton 226 232 251 
			 University of Nottingham 265 261 261 
			 University of Oxford 190 189 179 
			 University of Plymouth 327 353 377 
			 University of Portsmouth 140 140 110 
		
	
	
		
			 University of Reading 315 300 255 
			 University of Sheffield 153 148 123 
			 University of Southampton 451 429 375 
			 University of Sunderland 411 442 352 
			 University of Sussex 170 169 145 
			 University of the West of England 469 455 399 
			 University of Warwick 456 464 364 
			 University of Winchester 309 324 366 
			 University of Wolverhampton 397 352 312 
			 University of Worcester 463 487 466 
			 University of York 140 140 128 
			 York St John University 395 385 383 
			 Note: These figures exclude postgraduate places allocated to school-centred initial teacher training providers, employment-based programme and Teach First places. Source: Training and Development Agency for Schools 
		
	
	Estimates for academic years 2012/13 and 2013/14 are not yet available.

Pupils: Dyslexia

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much funding his Department provides to local education authorities for the purposes of assessing dyslexia in pupils and providing support.

Nick Gibb: Funding data specifically for the purposes of assessing dyslexia in pupils and providing support is not collected by the Department. However the available information on the planned net expenditure on the provision of education for pupils with special educational needs for 2010-11 was £5,477 billion.

School Leaving

Andy Burnham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the number of people who participated in the September Guarantee in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010.

Nick Gibb: holding answer 9 May 2011
	The Under-Secretary of State for Schools, my noble Friend Lord Hill of Oareford, wrote to all local authorities on 17 February to make clear that the process of offering 16 and 17-year-olds a suitable place in education or training by the end of September, which has been known as the 'September Guarantee', will continue. This will help to ensure that more young people have the opportunity to continue their education and training as we move towards full participation of 16 and 17-year-olds by 2015. A copy of this letter is available on the Department's website at:
	www.education.gov.uk/offersofeducationandtraining
	Data from local authorities shows that in 2009, 95.9% of 16-year-olds and 89.5% of 17-year-olds received an offer of a place in education or training. In 2010, 96.6% of 16-year-olds and 91.3% of 17-year-olds received an offer of a place.

Schools: Nurses

Valerie Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent estimate he has made of the number of full-time equivalent school nurses employed in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Walsall South constituency.

Nick Gibb: The information shown in the following table is the full-time equivalent numbers of school nursing staff in England, West Midlands Strategic Health Authority area and Walsall Teaching PCT as at 30 September 2010.
	
		
			 Full-  time equivalent 
			  England West Midlands   strategic health authority   area Walsall   t  eaching PCT 
			 School nursing 3,512 416 2 
			     
			 Qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff 3,020 370 1 
			 Nurse consultant 11 1 — 
			 Modern matron 2 — — 
			 Manager 41 6 — 
			 Qualified school nurse 1,104 189 5 
			 Other 1st level 1,781 173 8 
			 Other 2nd level 80 1 — 
			     
			 Support to doctors and nursing staff 492 46 8 
			 Nursery nurse 137 13 4 
			 Nursing assistant/auxiliary 356 34 3 
			 Notes: 1. The organisation within the Walsall South constituency with School nursing staff is Walsall Teaching Primary Care Trust (PCT). 2. Full-time equivalent rounded to the nearest number—zero. 3. Data Quality: The NHS Information Centre for health and social care seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data but responsibility for data accuracy lies with the organisations providing the data. Methods are continually being updated to improve data quality where changes impact on figures already published. This is assessed but unless it is significant at national level figures are not changed. Impact at detailed or local level is footnoted in relevant analyses. Source: The NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care Non-Medical Workforce Census

Sixth Form Colleges: Capital Investment

Damian Hinds: To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 22 March 2011, Official Report, columns 1048-9W, on sixth-form colleges: capital investment, which of the sixth form colleges listed undertook capital works of a monetary value of more than £1 million in the last five years.

Nick Gibb: Information held by the YPLA has recorded that 38 sixth form colleges undertook capital works, the costs of which totalled more than £1 million over the last five years. The following list of the 38 colleges excludes those institutions that are no longer sixth form colleges. In addition, some sixth form colleges will have undertaken capital works that did not require approval and for which the YPLA does not have information.
	Sixth form colleges with projects with a cost of more than £1 million during period of April 2006 to March 2011
	Alton College
	Aquinas College
	Ashton under Lyne Sixth Form College
	Blackpool Sixth Form College
	Bolton Sixth Form College
	Cardinal Newman College
	Carmel College
	City of Stoke on Trent Sixth Form College
	Coulsdon College
	Farnborough Sixth Form College
	Gateway College
	Godalming College
	Hartlepool Sixth Form College
	Havering Sixth Form College
	Huddersfield New College
	Joseph Chamberlain College
	Leyton Sixth Form College
	Loreto College
	Luton Sixth Form College
	New College Pontefract
	Notre Dame Sixth Form College
	Portsmouth College
	Queen Mary's College
	Reigate College
	Sir John Deane's College
	Solihull Sixth Form College
	St Brendan's Sixth Form College
	St Charles Sixth Form College
	St Dominic's Sixth Form College
	St Mary's College, Blackburn
	Stockton Sixth Form College
	Strode's College
	The College of Richard Collyer in Horsham
	Thomas Rotherham College
	Wilberforce College
	Woodhouse College
	Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College
	Wyke College

Supplementary Schools

Angie Bray: To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2011, Official Report, column 1234W, on the National Resource Centre for Supplementary Schools: finance, what discussions his Department has had on the decision to end funding for the National Resource Centre for Supplementary Schools in March 2011.

Nick Gibb: Decisions to end funding for the National Resource Centre for Supplementary Schools in March 2011 were made and communicated to the Centre under the previous administration.
	The coalition Government has not had discussions about the decision to end this funding with any parties involved.

Supplementary Schools

Angie Bray: To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2011, Official Report, column 1234W, on the National Resource Centre for Supplementary Schools: finance, what assessment his Department has made of the cost effectiveness of funding allocated to the National Resource Centre for Supplementary Schools in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.

Nick Gibb: The Department's Internal Audit Unit has examined how the allocated funding was used by the National Resource Centre to ensure it was being spent for the purposes for which it was awarded. No issues were identified and no other evaluation of the use of this funding has taken place.

Teenage Pregnancy

Sharon Hodgson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he plans to take to reduce the incidence of teenage pregnancy; and if he will make a statement.

Sarah Teather: We have made clear the importance of local areas continuing to take action to reduce their teenage pregnancy rates, using the international evidence and the lessons from areas where teenage pregnancy rates have fallen fastest. This will make a vital contribution to their local strategies to reduce child poverty and health inequalities and to improve public health.
	The Early Intervention Grant provides funding for teenage pregnancy and gives areas the flexibility to co-ordinate their efforts in a way that meets local need. These will be local decisions, but we are confident that areas will recognise the social and economic benefits of continuing to invest in work to reduce teenage pregnancies and improve outcomes for teenage parents and their children.
	At a national level, we believe that it is vital that all children receive high-quality sex and relationships education (SRE), so they can make wise and informed choices. We will shortly be announcing the scope of an internal review of PSHE to determine how we can support schools to improve the quality of all PSHE teaching.
	Later this year, we will be saying more about teenage pregnancy and sexual health, including improving young people's access and use of contraception, in our proposed Youth Policy Statement and Sexual Health Policy Document. Both these documents will be produced in consultation with stakeholders to ensure they are helpful to local areas and support commissioning of effective services.

Teenage Pregnancy

Sharon Hodgson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education when his Department plans to respond to the Teenage Pregnancy Independent Advisory Group's final report, published on 14 December 2010.

Sarah Teather: We are grateful to the Teenage Pregnancy Independent Advisory Group (TPIAG) for its final report. We will be considering the recommendations as we develop our Youth Policy Statement and Sexual Health Policy Document, which will be published later this year.

TREASURY

Departmental Expenditure

Stephen Barclay: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what expenditure (a) his Department and (b) each public body sponsored by his Department incurred on engaging external audit services in each of the last three years; and to which service providers such payments were made in each year.

Justine Greening: Details of HM Treasury's notional spending on audit services with the National Audit Office is shown in note 7 ‘Other administration costs’ in each year's Resource Accounts available from:
	www.hm-treasury.gov.uk

Excise Duties: Liquefied Natural Gas

David Morris: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether industries sourcing liquid natural gas are liable for a different duty rate from industries sourcing other forms of gas.

Justine Greening: Natural gas is subject to fuel duty at a rate of 24.70 pence per kilogram when intended for use as a road fuel This duty rate applies to natural gas supplied for road use in compressed gaseous form or the denser liquefied form. Gas supplied for all other purposes is free of fuel duty. The import duty rate on all forms of gas is zero.

Natural Gas: Exports

David Morris: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any tax incentives exist for the export of gas direct from source.

Justine Greening: There are no tax incentives in the UK oil and gas tax regime that incentivise the export of gas from the UK Continental Shelf over domestic consumption. Companies make decisions on whether to import or export gas based on commercial factors, such as transportation costs and local market prices.

Non-Domestic Rates

Caroline Nokes: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has for the future level of charges on rates for business units that are not in use.

David Gauke: As with all taxes and reliefs HM Treasury keeps the application of business rates to empty property under review.

PAYE: Local Government

Steve Brine: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department plans to take steps to ensure that parish council staff are given adequate training prior to the commencement of registration of council employees under the PAYE system.

David Gauke: HMRC produces a free basic PAYE tool for small employers which contains a calculator that will work out the tax due and includes the forms that the Parish council would need to run their payroll throughout the year and make annual returns. It will also allow the council to file any starter and leaver forms and their annual return on line. The tool is available to download from the Business Link website.
	HMRC also offer free workshops at locations throughout the country covering all payroll topics. These are run by HMRC's UK wide network of specially trained Business Education and Support Teams and are designed for everyone especially for new employers.
	HMRC has a team of advisers on the New Employer Helpline 08457 143 143 who have been specially briefed to deal with enquiries from Parish councils who need to operate PAYE for the first time.
	HMRC's website also provides wide ranging guidance especially for new employers on operating PAYE and information on above and other help available including contact details.
	I am aware representative bodies also provide help and guidance to councils and clerks who were not operating PAYE before.

Pensions

Rachel Reeves: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
	(1)  what the average value was of the rebate to an (a) employer and (b) employee of a private sector contracted-out defined benefit scheme in the latest period for which figures are available;
	(2)  if he will estimate the average effect on incomes of public sector employees of the end of contracting out for public sector pension schemes.

Danny Alexander: holding answer 28 April 2011
	The data held by Government on the contracting out status of members of defined benefit pension schemes is contained within the National Insurance and PAYE Service (NPS). This data does not differentiate between public and private sector employees and therefore it does not provide an indication of the average rebate for each of these sectors.
	The level of the contracted out rebate is currently set at 1.6% for employees and 3.7% for employers. Following the Government Actuary's review of the level of the contracted out rebate, from April 2012 the level of the rebate will be set at 1.4% for employees and 3.4% for employers respectively.

Public Expenditure

Jo Swinson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he plans to amend the Green Book so that national wellbeing is taken into account when evaluating Government policies and projects.

Danny Alexander: holding answer 3 May 2011
	The Green Book is HM Treasury guidance for central Government on the appraisal and evaluation of all policies, programmes and projects. In addition to the Green Book itself which sets out the overall framework, there is already a range of supplementary guidance with more detail on how to assess the economic welfare or 'wellbeing' implications of particular types of policy impacts, eg “The Economic and Social Costs of Crime”, “Policy Appraisal and Health”, and “The Valuation of Ecosystem Services”.
	This supplementary guidance is continually being expanded and updated to take account of the latest work and research from both within and outside of government. HMT is currently working with other Government Departments on a number of pieces of new guidance or early stage discussion papers for release later this year. A discussion paper is planned on the potential use of subjective wellbeing measures in Social Cost Benefit Analysis.
	Subjective well-being measures look at the effect that a non-market good (such as the environment) has on people's reported overall life satisfaction in order to determine the value of that good. More traditional methods ask people to directly state their willingness to pay for the good, or observe their behaviour in related markets.
	These subjective wellbeing measures are different from measures of national wellbeing. Individual policies are not normally assessed in terms of their influence on national measures such as GDP or national wellbeing because of the difficulty of isolating the effect of one particular policy on such measures. Individual policies are, instead, normally assessed in terms of their ‘micro’ level costs and benefits or economic welfare effects. National measures may help form part of the wider debate.

Public Sector: Borrowing

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the public sector borrowing requirement.

Danny Alexander: The public sector finances first release published by the Office for National Statistics estimates that the first provisional outturn for public sector net borrowing in 2010-11 is £141.1 billion or 9.6% of GDP. This is £15 billion lower than 2009-10.
	In March 2011 the independent Office for Budget Responsibility forecast public sector net borrowing to 2015-16. This forecast is available at:
	http://budgetresponsibility.independent.gov.uk/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2011

Renewables Obligation

Alan Whitehead: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what arrangements he plans to put in place for the treatment of variable renewable obligation certificate prices when assessed against any overspend by the Department of Energy and Climate Change within the control framework for levy-funded spending.

Justine Greening: Guidance on how the control framework operates is available on both Treasury and Department for Energy and Climate Change websites. The links to both documents are as follows:
	http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/psr_controlframework_decc.htm
	http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/what_we_do/uk_supply/energy/mix/renewable/renewable.aspx

Small Businesses

Matthew Hancock: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the average monetary value to (a) businesses and (b) small and medium-sized enterprises of his decision to introduce a moratorium exempting micro-business and start-ups from new domestic regulation for three years with effect from 1 April 2011.

Mark Prisk: I have been asked to reply.
	The Better Regulation Executive report (BRE), “Lightening the Load”, assessed the impact of regulation on the UK's smallest businesses and identified that new regulations take the micro-businesses (those with fewer than ten employees) a disproportionate amount of time to interpret and comply with—up to six times longer than a larger business. The moratorium will realise notable time/cost savings for businesses that could be better spent growing their business.
	The report, “Lightening the Load”, can be found here:
	http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/better-regulation/docs/l/10-1251-lightening-the-load-regulatory-impact-smallest-businesses

Small Businesses

Matthew Hancock: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of (a) businesses and (b) small and medium-sized enterprises (i) nationally, (ii) in each region, (iii) in each local authority and (iv) in each parliamentary constituency expected to be affected by his decision to introduce a moratorium exempting micro-business and start-ups from new domestic regulation for three years with effect from 1 April 2011.

Mark Prisk: I have been asked to reply.
	There are approximately 4.6 million micro-businesses (fewer than ten employees) in the UK, representing a fifth of private sector turnover (21%), more than a third of private sector employment (34%) and almost eight million jobs, who will benefit from this moratorium.
	Breakdown of this figure by region/local authority/parliamentary constituency will be placed in the Libraries of the House.
	There are also approximately 168,000 small businesses (10-49 employees) and 27,000 medium-sized businesses (50-249 employees) in the UK.

VAT: Insurance

Conor Burns: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received on the maintenance of value added tax exemption for outsourced insurance-related services.

David Gauke: Discussions concerning an EU Commission Proposal that would modernise the VAT exemption for financial and insurance services including the issue of the VAT treatment of outsourcing in the insurance sector have taken place with many UK stakeholders for several years and are continuing.